Word: punishment
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...Georgians fear that the object of any Russian military retaliation will be not simply to punish them for harboring Chechen rebels, but also to weaken Shevardnadze, already unpopular at home because he presides over a corrupt regime. Moscow's ideal outcome is Shevardnadze's ouster and replacement by a more pro-Russian leader...
...worth looking at what happened the night the government moved Padilla, because it's part of a larger change in American society since Sept. 11. Six weeks after the World Trade Center fell, Congress passed the U.S.A. Patriot Act, which was designed "[t]o deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world, to enhance law enforcement investigatory tools, and for other purposes." The legislation gave Bush and Attorney General John Ashcroft a license to expand the scope of their authority, and they have used their new powers, plus a few old ones, to detain more...
This is not to suggest that environmentalists should be spineless. The threat of boycott prompted Home Depot to promise to phase out its selling of wood from old-growth forests. The good news is that once an industry leader turns green, the rest often follow, fearful that consumers will punish them if they don't. Today every major home-improvement retailer makes an effort to sell only products certified to have come from sustainably managed forests...
...prove even more reckless than their elders. "French drivers suffer from a veritable culture of irresponsibility and egotism that causes thousands of needless deaths and injuries each year," laments Jacques Robin, vice president of the League Against Road Violence. "It takes political courage and will to police and punish dangerous driving. It happens elsewhere, yet no French government has risked angering drivers by making enforcement of laws on roads and in courts a priority...
...very concerned that we have an overall system that properly balances the need to deter and punish those who perpetrate sexual assaults with proper due process,” Summers said...