Word: punishment
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...killing of the whales might have been expected to provoke a quick response from the U.S. The Packwood-Magnuson amendment to the 1976 Fishery Conservation and Management Act requires Washington to punish those countries that "diminish the effectiveness" of the international convention for the regulation of whaling. It can do this by curtailing their fishing rights and slashing by 50% the amount of fish they are allowed to take from American territorial waters. Such sanctions would have little impact on countries that do their fishing close to home. But they would have an enormous effect on the fish-eating Japanese...
LAUSANNE, Switzerland--The International Olympic Committee (IOC) yesterday rejected proposals to exclude boycotting nations from subsequent Olympics, saying such action would punish the athletes more than the governments initiating the boycotts...
...course we suffered a lot--sometimes they'd gather us in "a small meeting where they would criticize us and punish us," he explains. However, no matter how angry they became they could not express it because "then you'd be punished more...
...intent on proceeding cautiously. Just before his inauguration, Ardito Barletta told TIME that he intends to form a government of "national conciliation" including opposition members. He hopes to stimulate economic growth by offering incentives to Panamanian businesses and to foreign investors. The new President also insists that he will punish corrupt public officials, whatever their rank. Says he: "The first year will be difficult because it will require a change in attitudes, a lot of honesty with the people and a good deal of participation by everyone." And, perhaps, considerable luck...
...least analytical and the least astute, and he has the least time for the substantive work of the court." Burger has irked some of his colleagues, who suspect that he has used his power to assign the written opinions of the court to reward his friends and punish his enemies...