Word: punishment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...course of learning to write a check, plant cotton and punish her son for smoking in school--all in the face of a world controlled by white males--Edna evolves from the once timid wife to a woman fully aware of the limitations and prejudices of her world. With the help of Moses, she struggles against and ultimately overcomes the veil of ignorance which her community uses to keep women and all minorities in their place...
Apart from security concerns, the latest bombing raised the question of possible U.S. retaliation. Asked about the matter, President Reagan said flatly, "I can't discuss that." The main problem is that the culprits are not easy to identify, let alone punish. Most experts believe the name Islamic Jihad is a sort of catchword used by several fanatical Shi'ite Muslim groups inspired by Iran's Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini and affiliated with Iranian Revolutionary Guards based in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. The terrorists seem to be linked to the ruling Shi'ite hierarchy in Iran...
...ONLY must our government beef up security, it needs also to address the question of retaliation, because an undeterred criminal will strike again. We have yet to deter or punish anyone, despite our brave words that we would avenge our dead. After last year's Marine bombing, the U.S.A promised to "respond to this criminal act." Nothing ever happened, even though Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger '38 later said the bombing was executed with the "sponsorship, knowledge, and authority of the Syrian government...
...LoPresti has consistently opposed changes to the existing system, which allows Bulger to kill any bill be opposes, to appoint all committee chairmen, to hold all-night meetings in which dubious laws are passed, and to punish senators who are not loyal...
...LoPresti has consistently opposed changes to the existing system, which allows Bulger to kill any bill he opposes, to appoint all committee chairmen, to hold all-night meetings in which dubious laws are passed, and to punish senators who are not loyal...