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The saloon exacts a terrible tribute, both directly in money, and indirectly in physical and mental suffering.

A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

Lambda Legal argued that the government's continued enforcement of the policy exacts a high toll on the mental and physical health of gay service members because they "must remain on constant high alert, self-policing every word, gesture, and glance that could arouse suspicion regarding their sexual orientation."

Groups object to lifting of military's 'don't ask, don't tell' injunction Ed O'Keefe 2010

I have virtually no concern for the administration of justice when it exacts a large cost on the future well-being of the nation.

The Volokh Conspiracy » “Garzon and the Trouble with International Law” 2010

Lambda Legal argued that the government's continued enforcement of "don't ask, don't tell" "exacts an intolerably high cost" on the mental and physical health of gay and lesbian service members because they "must remain on constant high alert, self-policing every word, gesture, and glance that could arouse suspicion regarding their sexual orientation."

'Don't ask, don't tell' appeals process continues Ed O 2010

Male attention that imparts value and ownership of beauty exacts a high price: a woman must give up her feminine ground in exchange for external validation, betraying her wild feminine in the process.

Wild Feminine Tami Lynn Kent 2011

Yet suicide, quick or slow, a sudden spill or a gradual oozing away through the years, is the price John Barleycorn exacts.

Chapter 2 2010

There is the American cliché of the muscle-bound football jock bursting with idiotic energy, indulging his time off the field to torment the nerdy, isolated artist (who invariably exacts his revenge by growing up to become a Hollywood screenwriter and perpetuating the cliché in teen flicks — wherein the nerd heroically wins at the end of the day, even though we all know he never does).

Graffiti: the Estadio Azteca and Mexico City's new wave muralists 2009

Every form of energy exacts a price, and extracting fossil fuels from the ground is particularly dangerous and dirty.

Our view on energy: Good news? Cape Wind OK'd. Bad news? it took a decade. 2010

But even more painfully, this poverty of language exacts an existential penalty.

February 9th, 2009 m_francis 2009

The state exacts 23.5 cents on each gallon of gas and 24.3 cents on each gallon of diesel sold within its borders.

John B. Townsend II: The Fuel Tax, Toll Roads, And Washington's Protracted Silly Season John B. Townsend II 2011