You call it "retaliation," but in most circles it would be simply corrective action. From Wordnik.com. [Another Government Report Supports Sternberg] Reference
If the Canadian exporter finds foreign markets barred to him in retaliation, that is simply his problem. From Wordnik.com. [Some Important Aspects of Canada's International Trade] Reference
The police reported 2 deaths and 1 injury in what they described as retaliation to residents throwing stones at them. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Arkansas, in retaliation for the acts of General M'Neil. From Wordnik.com. [Foreign and Colonial News] Reference
And their boldness brought retaliation from the Americans. From Wordnik.com. [Lest We Forget.] Reference
And so, in retaliation, you took up with this fellow Knox. From Wordnik.com. [THEFT] Reference
And if Iran really has a death wish, then retaliation is no deterrent. From Wordnik.com. [No Nukes? It’s No Billboards - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
Absent retaliation from a player, it is not news when fans throw things. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - The great fan divide] Reference
` ` The best retaliation is to score on that power play, '' Hollweg said. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Hockey - N.Y. Rangers vs. N.Y. Islanders] Reference
Exeter had been bombed in retaliation for RAF raids on Lübeck and Rostock. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: Two O'Clock, Eastern Wartime by John Dunning] Reference
Army veteran did it in retaliation for Waco, Inhofe started blaming Clinton. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Inhofe: ‘I believe in racial and ethnic profiling’ because ‘all terrorists are Muslims or Middle Easterners.’] Reference
In these verses the law of retaliation is expounded, and in a manner repealed. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)] Reference
Brazil to fingerprint Americans in retaliation for Homeland Security indignities. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: December 28, 2003 - January 3, 2004 Archives] Reference
"We've been hit with 60 percent duties in retaliation for U.S. duties on tires.". From Wordnik.com. [Momentum Building for China Currency Legislation in US] Reference
This indicates they are becoming more scared of retaliation from the general public. From Wordnik.com. [Iran Election Live-Blogging (Thursday June 18)] Reference
Rocky Versace and Kenneth Roraback in retaliation for the deaths of 3 terrorists in Da Nang. From Wordnik.com. [Camacho, Issac "Ike"] Reference
Vietnam and he answered, "It is in retaliation for the unprovoked aggression of the Communists.". From Wordnik.com. [Shumaker, Robert H.] Reference
Pittman hit Taylor in retaliation, but referee Mike Carey did not penalize the Tampa Bay running back. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Scores] Reference
Pittman hit Taylor in retaliation, but referee Mike Carey announced there would be no penalty on Pittman. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Redskins upset Buccaneers despite inept offense 17-10] Reference
Merritt elbowed fellow freshman Paul and was bodychecked to the floor in retaliation by Wake's Jamaal Levy. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com] Reference
Meat Cutters, and the Teamsters, in retaliation, refused to work for or to deliver to non-union restaurants. From Wordnik.com. [A New Law of Development] Reference
Between 1,200 and 12,000 Muslims are killed in retaliation by French troops and by pied-noir “vigilante committees.”. From Wordnik.com. [A Chronology of the Algerian War of Independence] Reference
The attempt-to-injure penalty was in retaliation for Nagy's cross-check against one of Rivet's teammates seconds earlier. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com] Reference
A Believer shall not kill a Believer in retaliation of an unbeliever, nor shall he help an unbeliever against a Believer. From Wordnik.com. [Wary of Arab voices, West promotes Malay views on Islam] Reference
It is the nature of crime to perpetuate itself, and the atrocities of the Greeks brought about a retaliation from the Latins. From Wordnik.com. [Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity] Reference
What do you call retaliation (harrassment, intimidation, firing, etc.) by employers against employees who choose to unionize?. From Wordnik.com. [Business Rules: No Democracy, No Decency, No Unions] Reference
And we figured at that point that we should put a warning in to stop any further retaliation from the other side coming back out again. From Wordnik.com. [Dodgers break out bats, beat Phillies in Game 3 of NLCS] Reference
Chilling Effects gathers, publishes and analyzes letters that threaten web-writers with legal action in retaliation for free expression. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: February 26, 2006 - March 4, 2006 Archives] Reference
And we figured at that point that we should put a warning in to stop any further retaliation from the other side coming back out again. ''. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com] Reference
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