Word: punishment
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...institution as marriage," says clinical psychologist Gus Kaufman Jr., co-founder of Men Stopping Violence, an Atlanta clinic established to help men face their battering problems. So long as a woman was considered her husband's legal property, police and the courts were unable to prevent -- and unwilling to punish -- domestic assaults. Notes N.Y.U. law professor Holly Maguigan: "We talk about the notion of the rule of thumb, forgetting that it had to do with the restriction on a man's right to use a weapon against his wife: he couldn't use a rod that was larger than...
...drive up in his Mustang." Schubert is one of three close friends who describe how, early on, Roger internalized a sense of deficiency in relation to his brother and a need for approval from him. "When we'd get in trouble doing stupid things, he would punish himself so much because he perceived at a young age that Bill was pretty special and he might not be that special, and he put a lot of pressure on himself for that," says Schubert. "In a lot of the things Roger does, in the back of his mind he thinks, 'What would...
...praiseworthy decision. Bush granted six Iran-contra defendants--one of whom was former secretary of defense and current perjurer Caspar W. Weinberger '38--executive clemency on Christmas Eve. Whether their actions were right or wrong didn't matter, he maintained, because the six were patriots, and it's wrong punish people for loving their country. Of course, that the pardons prevented six sticky trials which would have likely reveal the extent of Bush's participation in the scandals probably contributed to the outgoing president's decision. He could use his powers as he pleased, for whatever political reason. Bush...
...Soldiers of the former Soviet army remain in all three countries, despite sporadic negotiations for withdrawal. Russian President Boris Yeltsin, faced with nationalist and economic pressures of his own, halted troop departures to punish Latvia and Estonia for what he termed "blatant discrimination" against ethnic Russians. Watching the political turmoil in Moscow, Baltic leaders are plagued by the fear that a coup could lead hard-liners to use the troops to retake the former republics by force...
...tablecloth crisis or order up a set of gold-rimmed china. She may carefully find a way to chart a new course. But however circumspect, she will make her own mistakes. And if history is any guide, for reasons as old as Adam and Eve, some Americans will punish her for them out of proportion to their significance...