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...Republicans, the central question will be how strong they can make what's left of the bill, particularly the "benchmarks" for Iraqi progress on such issues as democratization, strengthening their security forces, cutting down on sectarian violence, disarming the militias and other goals. President Bush opposes any move to punish the Iraqis if they do not meet those targets, but some congressional Republicans say they might be willing to consider reducing non-military aid, including reconstruction funds. What they will not support, says one G.O.P. leadership aide, is anything that ties the benchmarks to a troop withdrawal - "creating a benchmark...
...student groups that the center was designed to help. Several groups’ reapplications for space were denied because of low use patterns over the past year—but instead of giving the space to more deserving groups, the offices will go empty. This ill-advised decision to punish student groups assumes unfairly that a few months is enough time for organizations to adjust to a forced migration to a new location. By choosing to locate the hub of student group space in the Quad, Harvard administrators should have realized that it would take time and persuasion for students...
...recently initiated a reevaluation of the state’s mandatory minimum sentencing laws. These statutes, which require a minimum sentence for crimes that fit certain criteria, eliminate judicial discretion, can result in grievous injustices in sentencing, and shift the prison system to focus on punishment rather than rehabilitation. That’s not to say that mandatory minimum sentences are all bad—they have many benefits—but the rules as written are overly draconian and in need of reform. Mandatory minimum sentences eliminate a judge’s ability to fit the punishment...
...Relationship tensions distinct from sex, too, can play a part in reports of sexual violence—an impulse to punish someone for some grievance, for instance. When alcohol is involved—as it is in many reported acts of sexual violence—both involved parties may be unable to draw appropriate lines. In those situations, the “Yes, keep going” in the middle of the night, for instance, may be transformed into feelings of violation. These situations constitute bad sexual decision-making, not necessarily acts of sexual assault...
...Harvard by ambassadors, although the Woodbridge Society’s board members said they did not know how Harvard came to possess the two flags in question. The office traditionally lends flags to Woodbridge this event. “There’s no incentive for us to punish the people who took them,” Woodbridge Society President Rebecca R. Gong ’08 said. “We don’t care about the punishment or who took them or for what reason. We would just like them back.” Better known...