Sentences with phrase «punished for refusing»

It could be the end of a five - year - long struggle for the Iranian scientist, who has said all along that he was punished for refusing to help a covert nuclear - weapon programme.

FROM Teachingaboutreligion.org Can Not Compel students to say the pledge, nor punish them for refusing to say the pledge (resolved by the U.S. Supreme Court more than 60 years ago with its landmark 1943 decision West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette) ==========================================================================================================================================

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It is simply the only logical outcome for a culture that is increasingly devaluing life and refusing to punish those who take it.

This is because the country's established law refused to authenticate or admit it and considered such a marriage a crime for which he would have to be punished.

But they did refuse sacrifice to the emperor, and anyhow they deserved to be punished for their «inflexible obstinacy.»

The servant will be severely punished, for though he knew his duty, he refused to do it.

Toro Rosso has been asked to explain the reasoning behind the team's «bodge job» fix and they could be severely punished for their actions, with some suggesting Sainz may even be refused permission to race.

Don't punish your young child for saying he'll do something later and then refusing; a preschooler's promise is not a legal contract.

Don't punish or tease your child when he refuses to use the potty for bowel movements.

Or they suggest the EU is trying to somehow punish Britain for refusing to tailor its laws to whatever demand we happen to be making at the time.

On Tuesday, Olatoye further evoked the ire of council members when she refused to name names, or to say whether anyone had been punished for providing her wrong information, saying instead that the agency was absolutely «having conversations about the integrity of our data.»

Mayor Bill de Blasio repeated his promises to preserve New York City's status as a haven for undocumented immigrants in the face of an imminent executive order from President Donald Trump aimed at punishing so - called «sanctuary cities» that refuse to cooperate with federal deportation efforts.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone called Thursday for District Attorney Thomas Spota to resign for allegedly using his office to protect friends and punish enemies, but the longtime prosecutor refused and said he had done nothing wrong.

Cuomo's response came as a key witness in a federal New Jersey trial softened his stance that the two governors cooked up an excuse for the traffic that paralyzed Fort Lee and punished that town's mayor in September 2013 for refusing to endorse Christie's re-election bid.

Bridget Kelly, 43, Christie's former deputy chief of staff, and Bill Baroni, 44, former deputy executive director of the Port Authority, face nine counts in connection with the traffic tie - up aimed at punishing Fort Lee's mayor for refusing to endorse Christie for reelection.

«The kidnappers had told the traumatised old woman that they were sent to punish Okonjo - Iweala for refusing to pay some oil marketers.

At a recent gathering of the ruling party, All Progressive Congress, APC, where flags were handed over to the flag bearers of the party in the just concluded local government elections, Governor Nasir el - Rufai had asked God to punish the Senators from the State for refusing to support Kaduna State $ 350 million loan request from the World Bank.

The bill would ensure that schools can notify parents they can refuse to have their children in grades 3 - 8 participate in Common Core standardized tests, protects schools from having state aid withheld & ensures that students are not punished for their lack of participation in those tests, and it would set - aside alternate studies, Last year, parents of 60,000 students refused New York State Common Core tests.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone called for District Attorney Thomas Spota to resign for allegedly using his office to protect friends and punish enemies, but the longtime prosecutor refused and said he had done nothing wrong.

When Annie is physically punished at school for repeating organic truths her father taught her, Darwin is put at odds with Emma who refuses to let him confront the matter.

I still refuse because aggregate test - results continue to be used to castigate and punish the few economically and racially integrated schools in our state (like those in my town) for the results of the opportunity gaps highlighted by the disparate scores of in - school subgroups on standardized tests.

The laws of Connecticut provide the government with a mechanism to punish parents who allow their children to be truants, but Connecticut law specifically fails to provide the government with any power related to punishing a parent or child for refusing to take the Common Core SBAC Test.

The authors alleged that Amazon was punishing Hachette authors by refusing to accept pre-orders on e-books for them, refusing to discount the books, slowing e-delivery, and suggesting other non-Hachette authors to customers.

No other retailer punishes the author for refusing to go exclusive.

The Souls games have always been known for its sense of crafting a world that is so seamlessly interconnected, and even though Bloodborne refuses to link the centre of Yharnam to the other maps in the game, it creates a sense of discovery that is sometimes rewarding and other times punishing.

All of that extra punishment is for no other purpose than to bully defendants into forfeiting their Constitutionally - guaranteed right and to punish and make examples of them if they refuse to knuckle under to abusive authority.

The owner claimed that the failure to renew the lease was the result of a conspiracy between the broker and the cable company to punish the owner for refusing to pay the commissions.

Christie, a Republican, vetoed the measure Monday, calling it a «transparent attempt to punish the owner of the Taj Mahal casino for making the business decision to close its doors after its union employees went on strike and refused to negotiate in good faith.»