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...wedlock are no longer utterly shocking (though they may bring harsher judgments on politicians than, say, screen stars, because indiscretions call character and judgment into question). "There is no one today who has the power of, say, Louella Parsons," observes novelist Nora Ephron. "Those people could really punish you." When Parsons revealed in 1949 that Ingrid Bergman had left her husband for director Roberto Rossellini, the scandal kept her from making movies in Hollywood for more than five years...
...Their half court press bothered us a bit," Delaney Smith said. "We got frantic and committed too many turnovers. we have to learn to punish a team when they use the press...
...August, a state law went into effect making it easier for Registry of Motor Vehicles inspectors to punish those caught making or using fake licenses, according to spokesperson Kathi Connelly. That law allows the registry to suspend the licenses of violators for up to six months, she said...
...used to punish pressure," Cormier said. "We used to use it as an offensive weapon. Now, we say, 'Phew' when we get it over and once we get it over, then we had to contend with the best half-court defense in the league...
History repeatedly warns us that human character cannot be scrubbed free of its defects through vain attempts to regulate inanimate objects such as guns. What has worked in the past, and what we see working now, are tough, N.R.A.-supported measures that punish the incorrigible minority who place themselves outside...