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A harsh punishment for a boy, but it was necessary.

Nor is it a secret that the policy of harsh punishment does not work.

As a result he was made an example of and suffered an extremely harsh punishment.

Girls who go to school or have jobs face rigid rules and harsh punishment at home.

Years later, White, along with others, wondered if racism played a role in the harsh punishment.

He said an investigation would be held and promised harsh punishment for anyone found guilty.

American tourists will be warned that they are "subject to harsh punishment."

He also reported that the prison began using less harsh punishment for violating rules.

Certain actions interpreted by officials as threatening brought harsh punishment.

He stopped all kinds of harsh punishments such as cutting off hands.

But in recent years, many say, they have been handing down ever harsher punishments.

Never dealt out harsh punishments the way they did to me."

He would have died as penance, but then, living was a harsher punishment.

The harsh punishment is explained as "We did not wrong them; they wronged themselves."

He said dismissal was a harsh punishment for a high-ranking officer.

Harsh punishments are visited upon them for the smallest crimes.

Aztecs also had a lot of harsh punishments for certain crimes.

The harshest punishment was the firing of twenty corrupt officials.

Lopes, as the leader of the group, received the harshest punishment.

Many people were executed or given harsh punishments for both political and criminal acts.

Some fought back by rioting but this brought harsh punishments.

Small transgressions by his children and students resulted in harsh punishments.

As its commander he called upon his men to understand the need for "harsh punishment of Jewry".

For an Egyptian there could be no harsher punishment.

In his experience, dog bites often follow harsh punishment.

I guess, Richard, we simply believe in less severe punishment than you do.

This is the most severe punishment the judges can give.

And failure to pay such taxes could result in severe punishment.

July 19 Not all is grim policy and severe punishment, however.

Not every mistake, he said, must necessarily mean severe punishment.

More than four people gathering together in public places would be subject to severe punishment.

After childhood there is often nothing left but increasingly severe punishment.

She argued that life without parole was, in fact, a pretty severe punishment.

More breast-beating or severe punishment is simply not good enough.

If you lodge a complaint against them, they will face severe punishment.

It would not be fair to give one a more severe punishment than the other."

Power threatens severe punishment, such as jail or loss of job.

All schools should be held to high standards and face severe punishment for failing to make the grade.

Will the program include severe punishments for those who abuse its powers?

"A severe punishment that is clearly and totally rejected throughout society."

Any one of the judge's legal conclusions could lead to a severe punishment for Microsoft.

He's always nice to me after a severe punishment and I began to get excited as the minutes crawled by.

The offense is similar to absence without leave but can draw more severe punishment.

Those who do not accept her words would die a terrible death or receive severe punishment.

Unofficial contacts with the North remain subject to severe punishment.

The box is the most severe punishment in prison: the final threat, the ultimate time out.

So they're parents had not told them about the severe punishments such violations imposed.

Dishonouring parents in specific ways was associated with severe punishment.

Slaves were subject to severe punishments for striking a white person.

This was the place where severe punishments were meted out.