Word: punisher
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...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...
...cheating; she begged him not to lie the next day and make things worse. He made another choice and she not only lost him, she had to change her group of friends because of his threats. Unknown to him, to this day, she asked the administration not to punish him when they uncovered his plot to frame her. They know her well, they trusted her judgment and reluctantly complied. My daughter didn’t want more negative notations on his record. She had hope for him and wanted him to have another chance. That is character. That is honor...