Word: punished
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...founders and ordering the discharge of hundreds of government employees. Doe-who has kept his master sergeant stripes-dispatched his commanding general to collar Weh Syen. Doe, a member of the Krahn tribe, then toured the eastern provinces and personally assured the people that he would severely punish any other wayward council members. Doe's blunt warning to his colleagues: "If you get caught-hey, you might not live to tell the story...
When this fails to happen, the same society sets out to punish the mother for her "maternal failure," labeling her a child abuser...
Jimmy Arias isn't an asshole any more. He doesn't toss his racquet or curse; he pouts only occasionally. More often he follows a miscue with a fierce sneer as he stomps cross court, determined to punish the ball for betraying him. The youngest player ever to receive an Association of Tennis Professions (ATP) world ranking has risen above the junior tennis mentality that constricted my back hand on big break points and has been the downfall of many wunderkind who far surpassed me in talent. He is playing now to challenge himself, to fulfill a greatness he knows...
...quickly the Olympic hopefuls have disappeared from the public eye, relegated to the small type on scoreboard pages across the country. Relative merits of the boycott aside, who are we trying to punish this summer, the supreme athletes or the supreme Soviet? The recent award bestowed upon the U.S. Olympic hockey team by the American Institute for Public Service (Secretary of State emeritus Cyrus Vance also got one) was richly-deserved; the enormity of the upset and its subsequent effect on national spirit cannot be exaggerated. Who can forget captain Mike Eruzione saying, "Good luck to you, Mr. President...
Kubrick crafts his camera angles carefully, providing framing and backgrounds that serve as leitmotifs for each character. He maintains a persistent symmetry, as if the Torrances were caught in a photographic vise. And he is witty: when Jack makes up his mind to punish Danny, the cartons in the pantry behind him read "Pimento Pieces" and "Peach Slices...