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.
The referendum will allow voters to punish him for his perceived betrayals by voting against the change.
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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But the U.S. and others say the agency should punish Iran for not cooperating with inspections on possible weapons programs.
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It can only be hoped that whenever elections are eventually held, we will punish them for what they have done.
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.
Accusers routinely fabricate stories of blasphemy to punish enemies for other grievances.
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 .
We have also failed to punish Tehran for facilitating the deaths of American soldiers, or for plotting to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington.
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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.
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