And director Francesca Zambello kept a focus on storytelling so that the action was always clear, from the moment when the handsome captain of the guard, Narraboth, kills himself out of frustrated passion for the princess Salome to the moment when the princess, smeared with blood from the decapitated head she has just kissed, is punitively garrotted (rather than crushed by a shield) by another guardsman. ❋ Anne Midgette (2010)
They were seduced by the promise of a low initial interest rate and unaware that that rate could quickly become punitively high, depending on factors over which the borrower had no control. ❋ Christopher Brauchli (2011)
OFAC is inherently a regulator and punitively focused. ❋ John McAuliff (2011)
Religion is just the cover to sucker in more recruits to carry along all the corporatist baggage with the fake attempt to actually follow up on anything religious unless it involves treating the indigent punitively. ❋ Unknown (2010)
This was put in place to prevent the Council form punitively lowering his or her salary. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The reality is that left to their own devices, most businesses that emit pollution will follow the money, even if that means treading punitively on the environment underfoot. ❋ Edward Flattau (2011)
Disclaimer: I and a lot of other journalists are not fans of content farms, on account of the punitively low freelance rates they pay their writers and editors. ❋ Rob Pegoraro (2011)
Meanwhile, the state's burden on individuals and businesses remains punitively high, both in terms of Paris's tax take and its regulatory demands, and spending reductions have been incremental at best. ❋ Nicolas Lecaussin (2011)
Obama should recess appoint every appointee that the Republicans have punitively blocked. ❋ Unknown (2010)
And while insurers say they information will only be used for discounts — not punitively — there is little to prevent them from "changing the rules down the line" says Robert Ellis Smith, publisher of Privacy Journal. ❋ Unknown (2011)
That regulation could come in a variety of forms — the outlawing of coal plants and nationalization of energy companies, a punitively expensive tax on carbon pollution, or a balanced set of standards and mandates that create new markets. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Unfortunately, just as Stone is fun but unreliable, Hulsker is authoritative but almost punitively boring. ❋ Jonathan Lopez (2011)
Access to Information requests at the provincial level have also become punitively expensive. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The ECB pays a 0.5% interest on overnight deposits and charges a punitively high 2% on overnight borrowing versus its main refinancing rate of 1.25%. ❋ Margit Feher (2011)
However, we need to carefully consider the ramifications on this in saying we will allow the NHS to ‘pay for treatment’ in the private sector; almost certainly at punitively high rates (unless we are proposing price fixing) which will undermine the goals we have set. ❋ Unknown (2009)
