1.   The U.S. threatened to take away trading privileges as a way to punish the country for human rights violations.

2.   Beijing has consistently sought to punish countries that afford Taiwan recognition as an independent state.

3.   Beijing regards Taiwan as a renegade province and has consistently sought to punish countries that recognize it as an independent state.

4.   But economists doubt that would be acceptable since the markets would punish the country with higher interest rates and a weaker currency, making already anemic growth even slower.

5.   But the southern countries and their supporters argued that the ban was punishing those countries that had made great progress in protecting their elephant herds.

6.   China must receive an annual extension under the provisions of a Cold War law intended to punish countries that do not have open emigration policies.

7.   Citing violations of human rights, the hackers vowed to punish those countries by destroying their computer systems.

8.   He has supported school vouchers and pushed for the State Department to punish countries for religious persecution.

9.   It has driven many Kuwaitis into the arms of Islamic fundamentalists, who preach that the country has been punished for its moral laxity and loss of faith.

10.   Over time, that network will punish any country that overindulges either its body or its soul.