Word: infliction
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...That the Government should not defer to the wishes of the British Minister to inflict unduly severe punishment on the soldier...
...endeavoring to inflict injury exclusively upon the Republican Party, they have, in fact, succeeded in discrediting both the great parties to such an extent that an irresponsible and highly dangerous third party is actually suggesting itself to some extremists as a practical possibility. In other words, the Democrats have aimed at us and hit America...
...Administrative Board has voted recently to place on probation several men whose grades were satisfactory, for exceeding the "cut" limit of one "cut" a week. It seems to me unfair to inflict the penalty of probation on men whose grades average C or better because they may have taken two or three cuts a week. They are guilty of negligence in a petty way. But should they suffer the same penalty as those who through sheer neglect of work or lack of intelligence have failed to get their two C's and a D? I think not. Why not make...
...proposal to inflict more penalties on the Germans found the British and the Italians in violent opposition to the French, so much so that it was considered that the rickety Entente Cordiale had received its death blow. Continued negotiations by the Ambassadors, however, brought about a compromise. It was agreed that from Dec. 1 the Allied Military Commission must be "empowered and enabled to resume its operations to the full extent which it judges useful and reasonable and that if Germany places any obstacles in its way, the Allies will agree on measures to be taken. "Regarding the return...
Finally, the note declares that unless full restitution is made by the Bulgarian Government the Soviet Government will be forced to place upon it the whole responsibility for recent events. Further, as repressive counter measures, the Soviet Government will be forced, " against its will," to inflict penalties upon Bulgarians in Russia...