Word: caning
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Singaporean judge sentenced an 18-year-old American student at a Singapore high school to be beaten with a rattan cane, spend four months in jail and pay a $2,230 fine -- all for spraypainting cars and other acts of vandalism...
...university chapter was investigated in 1991 by the national office when rumors emerged that the chapter was hazing pledges--a practice forbidden by the national organization. The same chapter was suspended in 1988 when a pledge was knocked unconscious with a cane...
...agreement with Mexico in recent weeks to protect Florida's sugar cane and citrus fruit, and an 11th hour concession to protect vegetable growers lured a majority of the 23-member Florida delegation...
Where could I begin? After a dazed attempt to extract more information from her, I withdrew my hand. No, I sighed, and sank into my white cane chair. I understand...
...provides for a 15-year adjustment period on sugar imports, but it also allows the Mexicans to export sugar freely after seven years if that nation has a surplus. Sugar-state lawmakers are worried that the Mexicans will substitute corn syrup and other sweeteners for domestic use and divert cane and beet sugar for export, thus creating an artificial surplus. "If it's not fixed," says Louisiana Senator John Breaux, " NAFTA cannot pass in the House. Period...