During later questions, Mr Brennan said some Americans believe that strikes are used to punish for past transgressions.
New research by professors at Villanova University and SUNY Albany finds that even financial markets are willing to punish for sustainability lapses.
Parents in some cases are rallying to the defense of their children, saying it is improper for school administrators to punish students for lighthearted stunts.
Left-of-centre Greeks voted for Syriza both to punish Pasok for impoverishing the country and because Syriza opposes reforms that would open up closed-shop professions in a bid to make Greece more competitive.
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On the Senate's legislative calendar this week is a bill to repeal tax incentives for oil companies, punish companies for reaping "windfall profits" and subject the Organization for Petroleum Exporting Countries to U.S. anti-trust law.
Politicians from the three major UK parties have expressed concerns that voters could use elections for the European Parliament to punish them for the expenses row bedevilling the House of Commons.
Luckily for politicians, the public looks unlikely to punish them for their dithering.
Mr Mullin reserves his real passion and energy for fighting the government car-pool service, which is determined to punish him for refusing a chauffeur-driven vehicle, and the High Hedges Bill, a noble bid to control the spread of fast-growing leylandii.
Incarcerating Raj for life is a mistake and there are other ways to send a message to Wall Street, punish him for his mistakes and benefit society.
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And I know that somewhere, somehow, Microsoft will punish them for making this decision.
And if the Republicans have gone mad, won't voters punish them for their extremism?
But you have responsible folks too, and you can't punish everybody for what the few does.
But on the other hand some predicted voters could punish him for alleged political opportunism.
The U.S. and European Union have imposed sanctions on Iran to punish it for developing nuclear weapons.
Evans added two more kicks before the break to punish Wasps for indiscipline inside their own 22.
This latest fine is intended to punish Microsoft for non-compliance with the EU ruling up to that time.
The prospect of U.S. legal action against BP produces the kind of uncertainty that investors punish companies for.
Americans, was intended to punish Azerbaijan for cutting off gas supplies to Armenia.
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The American Congress seems bent on weakening Mr Abbas by withholding funds, to punish him for his UN bid.
The military knew better than to punish Feynman for his illegal yet ultimately harmless actions if it wanted results.
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The goal is to punish people for the sin of being able to afford to travel south for the winter.
Some will use this threat as an argument against immigration, but that would punish everyone for the sins of a few.
Entry negotiations have been partly frozen to punish Turkey for its refusal to open its ports and airports to traffc from Cyprus.
' Now you want to punish us for building the big, capable, comfortable vehicles Americans wanted to take advantage of that policy .
There is a real question as to whether Parliament's ancient right to punish people for contempt complies with the European Convention of Human Rights.
Stockholder derivative suits are intended to allow a corporation to recover funds from unfaithful directors, not to punish directors for the wrongdoing of corporate employees.
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Mr Wilson claimed that the release of his wife's name was an effort to discredit and punish him for his criticism of the Bush administration.
He added that many Indian companies, including telecom operators, are already subject to stringent government regulations that would punish them for security breaches on their networks.
One problem: Unions in the U.S. and Canada may want to punish Chrysler for its success, holding back on concessions they make to Ford and GM.
In the 1990s, his reporting angered the army generals who once controlled so much of Turkey, and he says they sought to punish him for his disobedience.
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