With the end of the Second World War, this forced merger ended and both clubs became independent again.

He criticized the provincial government's forced merger of school boards in 2002, arguing that the province was attempting increase its control over the boards.

We are against a forced merger of the two Germanys - that would be total capitulation before the powers of capital.

The threat of retaliatory forced mergers or trusteeship has also silenced dissent in many locals.

Five locals sued to stop the forced merger in federal court, but lost.

The forced merger did not, however, end the rivalries between the two groups.

A forced merger could even benefit some clients, by creating economies of scale in media buying and other services.

The Daily News was the result of a forced merger of two papers.

A forced merger with Express Scripts would require debt that would diminish the financial strength of the combined company, Caremark contended.

Still, everybody knew that a forced merger here would hit almost every political hot button.