Word: pariahization
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...international body, however, has any practical means of apprehending these men, and the U.S. has no proposals. So what was the point? Possibly to influence Serbs to vote against Milosevic in the elections that were scheduled Sunday, by reminding them that their country will be a pariah as long as Milosevic lasts. More probably, by highlighting atrocities, the U.S. may have won support for a United Nations resolution approved by the General Assembly on Friday that proposed lifting the arms embargo against Bosnia and establishing a no-fly zone over the region...
There was sufficient cause for Packwood's pariah status. His home state's Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence last week informed the Senate ethics committee that five more women had accused Packwood of sexual harassment. Those claims came in the wake of complaints by 10 campaign workers, lobbyists and senatorial staffers who had earlier told the Washington Post about his unwanted kisses and fondlings. In response to the Post story, the Senator denied specific charges but said he was sorry if his behavior had offended anyone...
...treating such laws as a general guideline, and no one expects the restrictions to be observed strictly for some time to come. But as antismoking campaigns in the U.S. and Singapore have demonstrated, tough laws and peer pressure can fast reduce the smoker from a sophisticate to a social pariah. Throughout Europe and Asia, a growing body of laws, policies and guidelines is confining smokers to ever smaller zones. In January, France will prohibit all tobacco advertising. And in the developing countries of Asia, a mounting awareness of the ill effects of smoking is prodding governments...
That's the problem with lame ducks. Though Congress will probably treat him like a pariah, Bush can still do plenty on his own. (Do the words "Iraq" and "Iran" ring any bells?) With our faces turned to Little Rock, Bush could sabotage things for the president to come...
...threat of military retribution to whittle down the scope of his authority to his palace and his bunker. The hope in Washington is that sooner or later, someone in Saddam's inner circle, or more likely a junta of someones, will tire of working for an impotent pariah; one fine morning Saddam will be gone, at least from office and better yet from this world...