1.   All this information was provided to NATO warplanes, helping them carry out punishing attacks.

2.   Clinton said that although he is willing to mount a punishing military attack against Iraq, he still would prefer a peaceful solution to the current crisis.

3.   Even without bribes, however, the elders may be thinking that suffering a punishing attack to shield bin Laden may not be worth it.

4.   He, more than Saddam Hussein, may have saved them from two punishing attacks.

5.   Some of this sentiment reflects a general doubt that America has enough proof against bin Laden to warrant a punishing attack on Afghanistan.

6.   Before the missiles were fired, Israeli troops used loudspeakers to warn people in the crowded camp that they should surrender or face a punishing attack, witnesses said.

7.   Military officials said the punishing attack began with a volley of long-range cruise missiles and would last up to four days.

8.   Senate Republican Leader Bob Dole prodded NATO Sunday to stop waiting for U.N. direction and take the lead in punishing Serbian military attacks in Bosnia.

9.   The Russian army has dealt punishing attacks on the Grozny environs this week.