Word: infliction
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...backgrounds of its potential donors, or so Bok seems to argue: "I am not yet persuaded that Harvard should have an obligation to investigate each donor and impose detailed moral standards." Once Harvard has accepted a gift, he protests, it should not renege on its agreement, because this "may inflict pain on relatives..." The pain inflicted on the donor's victims, of course, doesn't count as much: the oppressed rarely endow chairs...
...nuclear industry profits from our addiction, and is pushing nuclear power around the world. They hope to make even more countries dependent on their (expensive) services. But what sort of a government would inflict nuclear power on its citizens? Governments like those in South Korea, South Africa, and the Philippines, which the U.S. is selling nukes to. Governments like Brazil, Pakistan and Argentina would also like to buy into nukes, and a whole host of other undemocratic regims are interested...
...opening third of the review is devoted to a rather self-indulgent and inexplicable diatribe against Texas. I do not know the source of the author's resentment, nor the extent of his knowledge about the state, its people or its culture. But his comments inflict on readers a well-worn stereotype that bears little resemblance to the complex reality of Texas. If Gent's book really is "more a novel of Texas society" than something else, there is, of course, more to Texas than Texas society, or "po' boys at play in the fields (and beds) of the energy...
...current Expos director's "solution"--to shoot down the birds that can sing, and also teachers of proven excellence and compassion--is a solution that will inflict totally unnecessary harm on Harvard/Radcliffe freshmen if he continues to prevail...
...Chapter Two is not a funny play; it is a fundamentally somber play with some funny lines. The man so often heralded as America's greatest comic playwright has now chosen not to make us laugh at human pain this time. With Chapter Two, Simon puts the hurts people inflict on each other center-stage, instead of allowing us an indirect glimpse through snappy one-liners...