Word: punish
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...they do not grade papers differently in either type of courses--but many say they keep in mind the obvious--that, English concentrators, for example, may write better English papers in Literature and Arts A courses than will biochem concentrators. So they say they adjust accordingly, careful not to punish students who have never taken a literature course...
...effect of this lawsuit will be to punish Microsoft no matter what harm this does to consumers, software developers, the industry that has driven America's remarkable growth--or, indeed, the entire economy. That is why Microsoft plans to appeal the district-court decision, which is at odds with a decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals and with antitrust law. We remain confident that the courts will reaffirm that every company, no matter how successful, should be encouraged to build better products for consumers...
Cambridge is more tolerant of MCAS protests than nearly any other local community--the school committee even voted in December not to punish boycotters...
Seltzer's tenure may be incongruous at Harvard but that makes it no less important. Harvard must reward teaching excellence as well as published works, be friendly to women, not punish parents--mothers and fathers--and nurture its junior faculty...
...Roth finishes with him, pity is not out of the question. Roth's veteran mouthpiece, Nathan Zuckerman, tells Silk's story from the perspective of 1998. The nation is blanketed by the Clinton-Lewinsky dalliance, and Zuckerman is not amused. "The righteous grandstanding creeps, crazy to blame, deplore and punish, were everywhere out moralizing to beat the band...to enact the astringent rituals of purification that would excise the erection from the executive branch...