retaliation

Schelling showed that a party can strengthen its position by overtly worsening its own options, that the capability to retaliate can be more useful than the ability to resist an attack, and that uncertain retaliation is more credible and more efficient than certain retaliation.

The Prize in Economics 2005 - Press Release 2005

BUT I do not suggest that the American failure to outlaw the use of the bomb except in retaliation is the only cause of the absence of an agreement with the

Atomic War or Peace 1969

BUT I do not suggest that the American failure to outlaw the use of the bomb except in retaliation is the only cause of the absence of an agreement with the

Atomic War or Peace 1947

Senator John McCain, who you just saw there, also said that sometimes inside Congress, the battle against pork barrel spending faces what he calls retaliation, especially from some lawmakers who are used to, as they say, bringing home the bacon.

CNN Transcript Mar 10, 2007 2007

LARRY KING, HOST: Tonight an American civilian beheaded on video by his captors in what they call retaliation for the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. soldiers.

CNN Transcript May 11, 2004 2004

The police reported 2 deaths and 1 injury in what they described as retaliation to residents throwing stones at them.

ANC Daily News Briefing 1992

If the Canadian exporter finds foreign markets barred to him in retaliation, that is simply his problem.

Some Important Aspects of Canada's International Trade 1960

Mr. Sener is currently jailed on charges of aiding a terror organization, which he calls retaliation against him.

NYT > Home Page By SEBNEM ARSU 2012

You call it "retaliation," but in most circles it would be simply corrective action.

Another Government Report Supports Sternberg 2006

Ward Churchill won his case against the University of Colorado today as a Denver jury unanimously decided he was fired in retaliation for his controversial essay about the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

Just a Buck 2009