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Immediately after the recent flood of refugees began, Clinton prohibited Cubans in the U.S. from sending cash to their families in Cuba, in order to punish Castro. The big losers in this action were, of course, the impoverished citizens of Cuba, and Castro will only feel the effects marginally...
...Moammar Khaddafi staged a coup in Libya in 1969, the United States determined that the new government would be favorable to oil interests, and actively encouraged Bechtel to continue its oil industry work there. In the 1970s, when the Arab boycott of Israel prompted legislation in Congress to punish companies that severed links with Israel to pander to Arab countries, Bechtel successfully lobbied against the proposed bill...
Should tribal laws be used to punish juvenile delinquents...
That Friday deadline for resolving the baseball strike, imposed by acting commissioner Bud Selig, is looming without any solid hope for saving the season. One possible sign of optimism: an owners' proposal that would allow high-priced bidding to continue without salary caps, but would punish the biggest-spending clubs by levying a "tax" on salaries above a preset level, according to NBC-TV. Both the players and owners hope Selig extends that do-or-die date...
Defense lawyers offered a feisty performance in the courtroom, but the most significant action in the O.J. Simpson case last week was conducted behind closed doors -- and there the defense team took a hammering. In one instance, Simpson's lawyers were rebuffed when they tried to punish prosecutors for seeking evidence against Simpson from testimony in a grand jury investigating his friend Al ("A.C.") Cowlings, the driver of the fleeing white Bronco. The defense was responding to District Attorney Gil Garcetti's earlier statement that his team would not ignore "other evidence that comes out that assists us in another...