Word: harsher
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Nevertheless, murmurs among some group members betray a harsher view of Harvard's Black hiring record. Some hint that it was the University "foot dragging" that purred them to action, and the principal success of the group that many members city private is the shift of discussion on affirmative action from the realm of governmentally imposed technicalities to that of pragmatic planning...
...thin-skinned," admits a former aide. "When he goes on the attack he appears harsher than...
Readers acquainted with the works of V.S. Naipaul, the author's older brother, may find such condemnations of the Third World familiar. Shiva's views seem harsher, more absolute and, in consequence, less intellectually engaging. But his portrait of a land sinking back into savagery is deft and diverting, a vividly colored paradigm of despair...
...probable factor in the decline was a decrease in the percentage of the population between 14 and 24 years old. That group commits a disproportionate number of crimes. Other possible causes are harsher laws and tougher judges imposing more stringent sentences. But that added up to another fact of American life: state and federal prison populations increased in 1983 by 24,000, to a record high...
...Black Faculty and Administrators struggle to reconcile their minority concerns with their positions as employees of the University. Thus far, this "inside" position has lent a more moderate tone to the group's demands. But if Black hiring does not rise in coming months, their demands may acquire a harsher note...