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Solzhenitsyn challenged the Soviets to expose and punish those responsible for the mass slavery and murder he describes in Gulag. "What a catharsis that would be for the country!" he exclaimed. "Yet they say not a word, utter no moral judgment on all the executioners, the inquisitors and the informers." Instead, he said, "as soon as the West German radio announced that Gulag would be broadcast for a half-hour daily, they frantically rushed to jam it. Not a single word of this book must penetrate our country. As if they could stop...
...world, the language by which you have defined yourself, is stuck in orbit in your head, and she agreed. Feminism said, you mean stuck like an enemy outpost, dig it out or shoot it down. Analysis said, not so easy, remember how guilty you tend to get, you'll punish yourself, you know--and how she knew. So she dilly-dallies. She draws a bead on the old need, she stiffens, she throws a tantrum of self-doubt, runs a guantlet of self-vivisection, and clutches at the coat lapels of her man, for self-definition. Fear of flying wins...
...mandatory that any provisional sentence must be the maximum possible; he did not have discretion to make it lower. Moreover, it could be argued that Sirica's efforts to determine the true motives and origins of the crime were relevant to his decision on how severely finally to punish the defendants. Yet it is also
Ever since the war caught their nation unprepared, many normally pro-Labor Israelis had been planning to vote for small parties this time in order to "punish" Labor for its war errors and overconfidence. But as the Likud appeared to be gaining enough strength to carry it to the edge of victory, the "punishment" vote began...
...past Kuwait, like other Arab states, has been reluctant to punish Palestinian guerrillas. This time Kuwait may find it impolitic to be so generous...