Last week the authority said the power failure cost it about $20 million but would not force rate increases.

Under its labor contract, the authority cannot force employees assigned to one location to work at another, she said.

Hungarian and Czechoslovak authorities have forced an exchange of population.

During a second pregnancy, she said, the authority forced her to take an unpaid maternity leave.

Local authorities forced most of the remaining ethnic Germans to leave between 1945 and 1950.

Starting from 1947, the Soviet authorities forced foreign songs into the repertoire.

The warrants would allow the authorities to arrest the drivers and force them to appear in court.

The authorities are forcing through further restrictions on basic freedoms.

The most important thing now is whether the national supervisory authorities will actually force unfair businesses to put these rules into practice.

The Communist authorities were forcing 900,000 people, 10 percent of the country's population, to change their names.