Word: punished
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...analysis is paralysis and the ability to see every side of every issue prevents us from taking any side at all. The tragic import of Greene's work is that understanding can do the same: he could so easily see the pain of the people he was supposed to punish that he could not bear to come down hard on them. He became hostage to his own sympathies and railed at pity with the fury of one who was its captive. The most sobering lesson of Greene's fiction is that sleeping with the enemy is most with us when...
...convinced that Castro is on the verge of collapse and should be squeezed even harder to precipitate his downfall. Last week they introduced legislation that would intensify the embargo, and it stands a good chance of passing intact. Clinton officials were caught unawares by the new bill, which would punish foreign companies doing business with Cuba. Among its provisos: Americans whose property was expropriated by Cuba could sue any foreign companies that now own it; company officers and shareholders would be denied visas to enter the U.S.; American banks would be barred from making loans to these companies. Another provision...
...lawyer argued that the Ad Board shouldnot punish any student who took similar action tothat in the Baker case...
...think [Harvard should punish thestudent if the situation happened here], and Icertainly hope not," Dershowitz said. "We practicefree speech in this university, unlike in someother universities...
...highlight of the roast occurred when Bermanasked Pfieffer to use the whipping skills she hadperfected in "Batman" to punish Zelman...