Word: admonish
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...think it is one of the biggest challenges we face. I'm glad to see the A.N.C. leadership is beginning to realize this too and is publicly starting to admonish their crowds and cool down the expectations. But no one will be able to do it on his own. How we fight the election campaign is going to be very important: we must start to defuse unduly high expectations. I also think our economy is poised for a good recovery that could have a fairly substantial effect within a short period...
While software is available for students whose courses specifically "require" it, there is nothing provided for those who simply wish to type a paper. Signs in gigantic bold face lettering admonish students who would have the audacity to ask about borrowing a program: "We do not have software to lend you!", "The software library is not a lending library!" and "There is nothing there for you!" These scare tactics are enough to frighten off the most enthusiastic would-be user...
...abomination." The Old Testament is very clear in its condemnation of the homosexual lifestyle, which Hillel has embraced as a legitimate "minority." If AALARM is to be condemned for its belief in the immorality of homosexuality and sodomy, then we merely request that Hillel ascend from shallow hypocrisy and admonish all groups and institutions espousing similar beliefs. Will Hillel condemn the Old Testament? The Jewish religion? The state of Israel, which has sodomy laws harsher than any found in the United States...
...while Bush did admonish the Chinese government for the crackdown, many critics of the regime say he did not adequately express America's moral outrage...
...subway riders, wary of the deranged homeless who make the subterranean world so menacing, have not fantasized responding to assault with violence?" wrote social commentator Myron Magnet in the New York Times. Public wrath at the homeless was so palpable that the Rev. George Kuhn felt the need to admonish restraint at the funeral of Sumter's still unidentified victim. "Homeless people are not wanted in our country," said Kuhn. "We have to say, 'I am ready to give my all so that this does not happen again...