Word: punish
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...misgivings about his public persona. And it is Sittenfeld's triumph that we do. Charlie is a puerile, self-absorbed innocent but not unkind. (Alice would never tolerate that.) He is an excellent father and a faithful husband; the pure pleasure of his company overwhelms Alice's need to punish herself for her lethal mistake. He is clever and insightful - his emotional intelligence beggars his intellect - and blithely uninformed. His strengths are every bit as apparent as his weaknesses...
...limited E.U. response was partly due to splits amongst the leaders. Britain and most of the new E.U. members from the east wanted tough sanctions to punish Moscow. However, even the most bullish amongst them recognized the limited impact of possible measures like blocking Russia's plans to join the World Trade Organization, or throwing...
...Srebrenica massacre, when some 8,000 Muslim men and boys were executed over the course of five days. As Supreme Commander, say prosecutors, Karadzic was responsible for planning and ordering, aiding or abetting the crimes that went on under his leadership, and for failing to prevent them or punish anyone afterwards...
...lewd acts have compromised the dignity of the Vietnamese people, law and common sense, and therefore it is necessary to punish him," Judge Hoang Thanh Tung said in his ruling, adding that Gadd suffered from "a sickness." Tung ordered him to pay the victims $315, and sentenced him to three years in prison. In February 2007, Gadd's sentence was shortened by three months for good behavior as part of a nationwide Lunar New Year jail amnesty...
...Human Rights in China, the New-York based NGO that first publicized the two women's case. But they could be sent to a camp if they don't follow the authorities' instructions. Reeducation-through-labor is a form of detention for up to four years used to punish relatively minor criminal activity like prostitution and religious activity banned by the state, like practicing Falun Gong. The China Labour Bulletin, a Hong Kong-based human rights NGO, estimated last year that the system has more than 300,000 detainees. "There is an overarching message of intimidation," says Kenneth Lim, Hong...