Word: chastening
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...nature of His nature - to teach him, say, for reasons of his weakness, his pride, perhaps, during his years of prosperity, his frequent neglect of God - to give him a little lesson, why then any of the tragedies that had happened to him, any one would have sufficed to chasten him. But all together - the loss of both his children, his means of livelihood, Fanny's health and his - that was too much to ask one frail-boned man to endure. Who, after all, was Manischevitz that he had been given so much to suffer...
...Each of those taunts was minor, but another apparently was not: a series of Gaddafi moves that the Administration perceived as a threat to neighboring Sudan. Reagan decided this was a timely moment for temporary exercises; the visit of the AWACS would silently, but eloquently, reassure U.S. allies and chasten Gaddafi. Moreover, the Nimitz and its planes have entered neither Libyan waters nor disputed airspace. If they do, swore a typically bellicose Gaddafi, the waters will become a "red gulf of blood...
...soon. As life and fine print grow more complicated, all those champions of the downtrodden, avengers of the defrauded and writers of wrongs find themselves very much in demand. Last year Action Line columns answered more than 2 million complaints. Action Lines unmask unscrupulous repairpersons, humble haughty bureaucrats, chasten heartless computers, stay the hands of overeager credit companies, track lost merchandise to the ends of the zip-coded universe and locate spare parts for Polish-built refrigerators. They are the new Miss Lonelyhearts, multiplied many times over. As White House Consumer Adviser Esther Peterson told them, "You are a growth...
...freedom of the University and of its members. Some may counsel lenience in assessing punishment, citing the issue at which the conduct of the offending persons was aimed and the huge number who took part. They may believe that words of warning and condemnation will be sufficient to chasten the offenders and discourage repetition of their act. This will not be enough. What occurred at Sanders Theatre cannot be excused. Those who took part in it must be punished with all the severity which the University has at its command. If everyone who participated cannot be accurately identified then those...
Stars Over Hollywood (Sat. 12:30 p.m., CBS). Ida Lupino in Chasten...