1.   It is called forcing the action, taking the offensive, rather than sitting back the way the Astros do, like ponderous sumo wrestlers waiting to be fed.

2.   The talks, in Rambouillet, outside Paris, have been called to force an end to the conflict in the separatist Serbian province.

3.   In August last year the union suspended a strike called to force the military from power.

4.   Last week, Tutsi extremist organisations stalled business and traffic in Bujumbura when they called for a strike to force the ouster of Hutu President Sylvester Ntibantunganya.