Its chances of regaining the investment-grade rating it needs to be able to borrow cheaply enough to lend profitably seem remote given its punishing debt load (see chart).
Afterwards an emotional Ennis-Hill strikingiking unexpected gold in Beijing equalled her Olympic victory in London, given the punishing timescale she had set herself to return to elite competition.
He called the reason given for punishing Mr. Gotti "a very offensive idea," denouncing the association of his client with a plot to kill the warden, William Hedrick, and the Hedrick family.
If you really want to, you can pay up to £1,500 a week to be put on a diet and given a punishing exercise regime at The Island Experience or Sitio do Lobo, the two exclusive spas; but for those of us who want a proper holiday, there are dozens of small pousadas, where a room with a sea view costs as little as £10 per person a night.
When asked to expand upon recent retirement rumors, Lynch admitted to thinking about it, given the punishing nature of the running back position.
The two main characters don't do anything new, but the homeboy psychobabble that punctuates their action-hero exertions gives this punishing, bombastic picture some moments of levity (Scott).
The two main characters don't do anything new, but the homeboy psychobabble that punctuates their action-hero exertions gives this punishing, bombastic picture some moments of levity (A. O. Scott).
So we congratulate Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg for finally shutting down this facility, which simply warehoused more than 1,000 men on any given night, seemingly punishing them for being down on their luck or for struggling with the challenges of mental health or other disabilities.
The A.C.L.U. of Texas opposes Mr. Strama's bill because of what Frank Knaack, a policy and advocacy strategist, said was the extreme latitude it gives to punish students.
If such admission, plea, and apology require that the wrongdoer repent, reparation may seem to require that the wrongdoer be punished, given Locke's view that repentance is among the objects of punishment (Locke 1689: sec 8).
