Word: deterred
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...very concerned that we have an overall system that properly balances the need to deter and punish those who perpetrate sexual assaults with proper due process,” Summers said...
...minorities were forced to wear white armbands and white ribbons on their cars. Somehow, the world ignored this warning, and thousands of non-Serbs were violently harassed and ultimately forcibly deported from their homes or executed. The trials may not be flashy, but they are the best hope to deter politicians and others from committing crimes against humanity in the future...
With observations like these, Bush has managed to look at once self-assured and self-delusional in delivering the message that while he knows people are hurting, the economy is fundamentally sound, that "some bad apples" are being purged from executive suites and that new laws will deter such behavior in the future. Shortly after the President uttered his hangover line in a speech to business executives in Birmingham, Ala., the market regurgitated more than 400 points before recovering--briefly. The Dow lost 7.6% of its value last week. The broader market, as measured...
...Maintaining their grip on West Bank cities interferes with Israel's own efforts to stabilize the current reoccupation, experience has shown that it's unlikely to deter further Palestinian terror attacks. But the Israelis believe that loosening their grip would simply encourage future attacks. No such dilemmas face the militants of Hamas and Islamic Jihad (the two organizations responsible for the latest attacks), and even the Al Aksa Martyr's Brigade linked with Arafat's own Fatah organization. They're out to demonstrate their continued ability to kill Israelis despite the IDF's presence in the West Bank cities...
...destruction. The U.S. edge in tanks and warplanes counts for nothing against such threats, so other methods need to be found. Moreover, some serious dangers come not from national armed forces but from groups like al-Qaeda, against which conventional doctrines won't work. How are we supposed to deter Osama bin Laden when we can't find...