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...immoral for the Harrington-Menino corporate gorilla to bring pain, to cause mental distress, and to inflict permanent damage to millions of Red Sox fans by destroying a sacred place of perpetual goodness and occasional...

Author: By John Rouse, | Title: Fenway and Family Values | 4/20/2000 | See Source »

...student's graduation from high school should never be contingent on one standardized test. While MCAS will help districts measure the relative success of their curricula in certain areas, it will also inflict too much punishment on too many students. High standards are important to improving student performance, but if they are coupled with a punitive test, Massachusetts education will suffer rather than benefit...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Putting the Test to the Test | 4/12/2000 | See Source »

Eventually, of course, Gertrude's husband learns of the affair; court life affords little privacy for a queen. He confronts Claudius and outlines the punishments he will inflict on the guilty. Claudius, without Gertrude's knowledge, murders the king and becomes king himself. Once he marries Gertrude, the stage is set for Hamlet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Brush Up Your Shakespeare | 2/21/2000 | See Source »

...sketches of "Middle Eastern looking" individuals who were suspected of planting the bomb. In fact, one "expert," Steven Emerson, who recently visited Harvard and gave a talk about the dangers of Islam in America, was quoted as saying, "This was done with the intent to inflict as many casualties as possible. That is a Middle Eastern trait." It wasn't long before these vicious stereotypes were proven wrong, once the real criminal, an American Neo-Nazi, was exposed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LETTERS | 11/24/1999 | See Source »

...bombing] was done with the intent to inflict as many casualties as possible. That's a Middle Eastern trait," he told CBS News in April...

Author: By Rohit Goel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Islamic Students, Journalist Spar Over Terrorism | 10/21/1999 | See Source »

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