Word: punish
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...What can the Democrats do? They can play politics or be responsible. The political option is to embrace "cut and run"; call for an immediate withdrawal, as Kerry did; and hope the public is so sick of Bush and sick of the war that it will punish the g.o.p. in the fall. But embracing defeat is a risky political strategy, especially for a party not known for its warrior ethic. In fact, the responsible path is the Democrats' only politically plausible choice: they will have to give yet another new Iraqi government one last shot to succeed. This time...
...opening one of his articles, Kristof wrote, “The critics of the Boston University (B.U.) administration have long regarded B.U. as the Iran of college campuses—intolerant, tyrannical, and prone to punish dissenters...
Even with injuries limiting him, Seamus McKiernan was The Man. The Harvard men's volleyball co-captain, an EIVA All-East second-team selection a year ago, continued to punish opposing defenses in 2006, leading the Crimson in total kills and kills per game. The senior finished 10th in the EIVA in kills per game despite being slowed during much of the season by a nagging shoulder injury. McKiernan posted some of his best numbers in Harvard's biggest games. In Harvard's March 18 victory over eventual Hay Division champion East Stroudsburg, the middle hitter registered 25 kills...
...capabilities of the Hanxin-or "China chip"-were exaggerated, and that it relied on copied technology. The university dismissed Chen Jin, above, the project's head and dean of its microelectronics school, accusing him of "serious falsification." The technology may have been a dud, but the willingness to punish fakery is a real advance...
...child neuropsychologist at the Children's Medical Center in Dallas, has spanked her daughters occasionally, when, for example, her toddler charged into oncoming traffic. Direct defiance is also seen as a valid reason for physical discipline. But there are limits on spankable offenses: spanking should never be used to punish petty misbehavior or as a result of a parent's anger...