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Some people I spoke to said Murphy’s whistleblower report is “definitely” meant as retaliation against his superiors for his demotion.
China closes the American consulate in Chengdu in retaliation.
A brief history of US-China espionage entanglements | Konstantin Kakaes | September 3, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewChina is holding two Canadians, former diplomat Michael Kovrig and entrepreneur Michael Spavor, who were arrested on unspecified national security charges in apparent retaliation for Canada’s arrest of Meng.
Canada moves on from vaccine partnership with China, blaming it for delaying critical shipment | Grady McGregor | August 28, 2020 | Fortune
This week, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced the settlement of a sexual harassment and job retaliation case involving female temporary workers at a southwest suburban beauty supplies factory.
Temp Workers Fight Back Against Alleged Sexual Harassment and Say They Face Retaliation for Doing So | by Melissa Sanchez | August 28, 2020 | ProPublicaWorkers must also be protected from any retaliation for alerting management to unsafe situations or working collectively with colleagues to address them.
Why empowering frontline workers is a key element to a safe reopening | jakemeth | August 18, 2020 | FortuneThe decision not to run the cartoons is motivated by nothing more than fear: either fear of offending or fear of retaliation.
And U.S. lawmakers are pushing to involve China in any retaliation against the Sony hack.
Obama Could Hit China to Punish North Korea | Shane Harris, Tim Mak | December 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOf how incredibly petty the offense can be and how insanely disproportionate the retaliation can be.
Of Gamers, Gates, and Disco Demolition: The Roots of Reactionary Rage | Arthur Chu | October 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIf this is to be achieved, man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation.
Martin Luther King’s Nobel Speech Is an Often Ignored Masterpiece | Malcolm Jones | October 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhat he fails to realize is that he is imposing the same urban title on his family in retaliation.
‘black-ish’ Keeps It Real about the Invisible Black Man | Judnick Mayard | September 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe British, on the score of retaliation put to death 221 prisoners, men, women and children.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellThe measures of retaliation adopted by the colonists were depressing trade at home.
The Political History of England - Vol. X. | William HuntThe officers hastened below to wash and change their dress after this very annoying retaliation on the part of Captain Oughton.
Newton Forster | Captain Frederick MarryatThe automatic retaliation discs, spinning down all over Russia, hundreds of thousands of them.
Second Variety | Philip Kindred DickIt was very true that Those Others might turn on the stranger's fellows in retaliation for his deeds.
Star Born | Andre Norton
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