Word: punish
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...where high-tech venture capitalists are pouring hundreds of millions into renewable energy, 2006 was the year corporations began acting as if their existence--like the rest of the planet's--was tied to the environment. While Washington dithers, Wall Street is acting, driven by rising fuel prices that punish inefficiency and by the growing realization that climate change could ruin corporate leaders who continue to deny...
...Peterson, a spokesperson for the American Kennel Club, considers the Albuquerque ordinance draconian, but acknowledges it is part of a nationwide trend. Ordinances similar to Albuquerque's have been passed or are being considered by 138 local communities, along with many states. She is concerned that the new laws punish responsible pet owners and breeders, and could even jeopardize the existence of some breeds. In Denver, for example, pitbulls are outlawed completely. This has forced owners to flee the city or go underground, where they keep their dogs behind closed shades and take them out only under the cloak...
...Specific gripes aside, the critics appear to share a belief that the U.S. has impugned India's pride and independence. There has long been a consensus in the Indian political mainstream that nuclear weapons are India's right, and that Western nuclear powers are hypocritical for seeking to punish or hinder it for building weapons systems that the established nuclear powers have shown no inclination to give up. This sense of wounded dignity is captured in a cartoon in Monday's Times of India, depicting Manmohan at the "nuclear high table," but sitting in a baby's high chair beside...
...pessimistic too, but unlike the militants who now rule his village and hundreds like it, he believes more violence will solve nothing. "Part of me wants to avenge my father's death. But another part tells me that, when these men die, God will punish them for what they have done...
...good test for the Crimson.HARVARD 5, PRINCETON 0Harvard received a bit of help in its effort to knock Princeton from the top when Ivy league rival Dartmouth spoiled the Tigers’ unbeaten campaign with a 6-3 win Friday night. The Crimson then took the ice Saturday to punish Princeton further in the 5-0 rout. Both Harvard and Dartmouth—who beat Quinnipiac by a 3-2 score Saturday—saw their records improve to 9-1-0 and now sit tied for first in the league standings.The game was Princeton’s to take...