Word: banishing
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...isolated balcony. Then, in the spring, my father resigned from the board of the mosque to protest speeches spewed from the pulpit that were hateful to non-Muslims. As a result of our protests, my family was vilified by local Muslims. I even face a secret trial to banish me from the mosque...
...Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the largest agency of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Tom Ridge, secretary of DHS, has proposed changing the unit's name to Bureau of Investigations and Criminal Enforcement, partly to better reflect what the agency does and also to banish any perceptions that it's merely a reincarnation of the poorly regarded, now defunct Immigration and Naturalization Service. But the FBI is objecting, contending that the proposed name is too close...
Since 1968, in a Biafra facing extermination and famine, he has revolutionized humanitarian assistance. He went to provide medical attention; he ended up bearing witness, becoming a spokesman for the voiceless. He swore to banish forever the kind of error made by the Red Cross from 1940 to 1944, when it distributed packages but remained silent over the crime of the death camps, where his grandparents perished. He co-founded Medecins sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders), which was awarded the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize, and then Medecins du Monde. These are organizations that break the silence and strip mass assassination...
First, at least three Houses are needed in Allston to provide the minimum number of students necessary to establish a community. Anything less and Harvard would effectively banish undergraduates to three years of little contact with the rest of the College...
...Ship one quarter of students off to an impossibly remote secondary campus. And then, when planning to expand the campus, be sure to banish another contingent of students to a different city across the river. Minimizing student interaction is the basis of many fun-filled traditions...