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...contend that human life is valuable, that we ought to preserve it and that people ought to be punished for taking it or maltreating it, then we cannot and must not allow our states or our federal government to employ the death penalty. We must tell all candidates for public office that, though we must punish our criminals, we cannot make our punishment into vengeance, for then we begin to destroy our laws and ourselves. We have too often seen in the far too recent past the disastrous effects of a culture that breeds violence and death...

Author: By Matthew S. Vogel, | Title: A Capital Mistake | 2/7/2000 | See Source »

...tough" or "cool" or that he is getting pushed around, try to help him form friendships with kids who won't dominate him. A group of buddies can inoculate one another against bullies and can even redefine what "cool" is. Parents should insist that schools reward good behavior, punish physical violence, encourage children to excel and direct their natural aggression onto the playing field or into the marching band, where they can play at full strength and be praised for their efforts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bad Boys Rule | 1/31/2000 | See Source »

...that the confusion stems from misunderstanding and the saturation of one-sided arguments that were quoted in previous issues of campus publications. Secondly, wrong or incomplete information has created the illusion of violations where none ever existed. The purpose of the audit was not to vindicate us, nor to punish us. The intent of the audit was to truthfully get to the bottom of all of the allegations. In previous pieces published in The Crimson, opposing campaign members have lost the "truth-seeking" spirit. There was a reference to the Harvard University Mail Service (HUMS) Web site. The Web site...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LETTERS | 1/21/2000 | See Source »

...punish me for my contempt for authority, Fate made me an authority myself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The TIME Centennial News Quiz | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

...past could be heard in every statement of uncompromising purpose, each insistence that her war was just. In her third year as the country's first female Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, a child of Europe's dark century, pushed and prodded the U.S. and its allies to punish the Continent's latest ethnic cleanser. It was a career-defining event: the NATO campaign to drive Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's forces out of Kosovo became known as Madeleine's War. Through 78 days of bombing, Albright kept wavering allies on board, until Milosevic finally backed down. There were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People Who Mattered | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

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