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...raised an uproar on the college scene by composing an email message that was offensive to women and that included curse words. The email, which was widely distributed, led many to call for official action to be taken against the authors. In the end, Cornell's administration didn't punish the four freshman, but it perhaps would have been forced to if the indecency bill had been law at the time of the incident. In addition, the four authors might have faced federal charges for writing what was essentially a private communication between them and their friends. The reason...
...World War II, when the U.S. was the sole possessor of atomic weapons and the U.N. Charter was being written. All the peace-loving countries would band together, the theory went, with the five permanent members of the Security Council in the lead. They would punish any nation that dared launch an aggressive war. That scenario was played out in Korea, but never thereafter until the Gulf War, which followed the breakup of the U.S.S.R...
...cracking down on the bank, U.S. officials sought to punish Daiwa without worsening Japan's year-long financial crisis or generating new tensions between the two countries. Just last month the Federal Reserve agreed to help rescue U.S. branches of Japanese banks if a bailout is required. But Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin was furious at Daiwa for waiting six weeks to notify U.S. authorities of Iguchi's illegal activities; the trader told the bank about them in a letter in July. Rubin vented some of that ire last month in a 20-minute phone conversation with Japanese Finance Minister Masayoshi...
...violated the laws of the community. It was "shunning," or treating the offender as if he were dead. That might be better than a guilty verdict for this particular man. He lives by his reputation as a smiling endorser of products. Take that away from him, and you punish him where it will have a meaningful effect. PATRICIA DRYBURGH, Prince George, British Columbia...
...council elections, continue to increase student involvement in local politics with voter registration drives, educate students on the U.C.'s role and request input into how it might evolve to better meet students' concerns; and for heaven's sake, try to avoid scandal. If you can't avoid it, punish it mercilessly...