Word: punished
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...should punish people who commit crimes with guns. Dole says we don't need the Brady bill. All we need is a system of instant checks," to prevent convicts from purchasing guns...
...President Clinton protects them from the cost. Republicans are understandably furious at Clinton for implying that he can produce this alchemy (although Dole is now promising the same magic). And they are understandably annoyed that the voters, having invited them to conduct their revolution, should now seem inclined to punish them for doing so. It's hard not to sympathize: the Republicans made the rare mistake, upon taking over Congress, of acting on their principles--after 14 years and two G.O.P. Administrations of merely talking about them. Presumably they've learned their lesson...
...court in the U.S. to sue foreign companies "trafficking" in their property seized by the Castro regime, and Iran-Libya sanctions, which bar U.S. financing and export rights to foreign firms making new investments in Libyan or Iranian oil and gas, are something different. They threaten to punish private individuals outside the U.S. who do not obey laws passed by Congress...
That is well and good as long as it avoids blunt coercion: If you won't follow us, we'll punish you. A heavy hand can galvanize reluctant countries to adopt tougher measures, but when the efficacy and price of the policy are so suspect, it may also produce deep resentment from vitally important friends. At a recent conference in Europe two nato ambassadors smarting from the pressure accused the U.S. of "political gangsterism." What American officials call leadership, many of America's friends around the world call bullying...
...defeated by taking more defensive measures, whether screening airline baggage more carefully or closing off Pennsylvania Avenue. If we are serious about fighting terrorism, we should increase our intelligence capabilities to infiltrate terrorist groups and render them ineffective, and we should, in concert with other nations, severely punish outlaw nations that sponsor and train terrorists. STEVEN J. WANGSNESS Seattle...