Word: harsher
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...days, top military brass held a ceremony apologizing for the incident and expressed their regret to Iraqi officials; President Bush called Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki personally to apologize. The Army said the soldier, who remains unnamed, was quickly disciplined and removed from Iraq. Meanwhile, Baghdad officials called for harsher punishment...
...this is a bubble are more fundamental. Emissions trading has a future only if the Kyoto agreement, which runs out in 2012, is succeeded by an even more far-reaching and rigorous global accord. It is now clear this is not going to happen. And in today's harsher economic climate, governments are more likely to look for ways to scale back subsidies for renewable energy than to boost them. Nor are voters likely to be willing to pay the larger energy bills that "green" policies demand...
...years, county law has required that taco trucks move after 30 minutes, but rarely has the law, which carried a $60 fine, been enforced. The new, harsher taco truck law, and a promise of stricter enforcement, was inspired by the needs of businesses and residents in East L.A., says County Supervisor Gloria Molina, who proposed the regulations. "It all stems from an ongoing turf battle between the vendors and the merchants," Molina says. "The businesses don't appreciate [the taco trucks] down in front. And some of the residents consider it annoying to have the trucks out until midnight...
Fast forward to Massachusetts, following recruitment at Harvard and the harsher environment of varsity tennis. As a fledging freshman-and-sophomore partnership competing against more established opponents, their on-court chemistry was instant...
...politicians, although he did call their actions a "scandal." Nor did he deliver a major dressing-down of liberal Catholic educators that some had anticipated during his visit to Washington's Catholic University, although he did present some interesting philosophical arguments that could have served as a platform for harsher critique...