Word: inflicter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...know anybody at the top of the system...who really wants to see the President hurt," said Senator Orrin Hatch, who could inflict some of that hurt. "[If] he does come forth and say, 'I made a mistake...'[to] protect his wife and daughter...and then ask for...some sort of consideration, I think we would bend over backward to try and give him that consideration...
...stripped-down bill as "a charade." The Senators, he said, "voted not to implement a program that can save a million lives a year. It was a vote against our children and for the tobacco lobby. It's as simple at that." The goal for him now is to inflict the maximum political pain on the Republicans without totally killing any prospect of a deal. But a political campaign for a new bill requires focus, which is something this White House has largely lacked during the second term, and particularly since the Lewinsky scandal broke open in January. Between managing...
...socially unacceptable, book burning by a bibliophile. The Don, a Lima insurance executive by day and an aesthete at night, regularly incinerates his unwanted books and pictures to make room for new additions. Why not donate them to libraries and museums? His answer ("I realized it was stupid to inflict on other eyes a work I had come to consider unworthy of mine") suggests both a refreshing approach to criticism and a fine madness...
...legislation (see map). CAP laws are pending in Massachusetts, Illinois, New York, Missouri and South Carolina. In Connecticut, California and Florida, violation is a felony. In Florida adults can face five years in prison and a $5,000 fine if a minor obtains a firearm and uses it to inflict injury or death...
...That's an incredible thing to inflict on 3 or 4 million children," Breggin said. "We live in a nation that handles its kids by drugging them. I think it is this century's child abuse...