Word: harsher
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...recounts that she practiced from three to eight rigorous hours a day. She turned to dance with a professional ballet company when she took a year off after high school to join The Washington Ballet. For Altenburg, the transition from the harsh world of professional dance to the perhaps harsher world of Harvard was a difficult one. Though she now refers to the Harvard Ballet Company as a “second family,” Altenburg missed the intensity of her involvement with dance at first. “I love it here,” she says...
...Beckstead, a clinical psychologist, spoke of his research on the movement, saying that as a whole, it is “unethical and destructive.” Author and gay-rights activist Wayne Besen condemned the “ex-gay ministries” in even harsher terms, saying that they were scams supported by the right-wing to thwart the successes of the gay rights movement...
...issues at stake are critical. "We contribute as members of the press to holding the government accountable for its actions," says Latraverse. "Canadians should be worried when they see the government trying to exert such an unprecedented level of control." Unions that represent journalists have spoken in even harsher terms. Peter Murdoch of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union says the new policy "smacks of totalitarianism...
...rallies supporters to back a more confrontational stance with the West, Ahmadinejad has soothed the anxieties of young Iranians, who initially feared he would crush their personal freedoms. Instead government meddling has been limited to blocking thousands of news and cultural websites. Some believe the regime will impose harsher social restrictions with time, but others argue Ahmadinejad will refrain altogether, to avoid alienating the majority of young people, among whom he is now popular. Young Iranians are excited to find a leader who lets them wear baggy jeans and pink veils, and still stands up to what they consider...
...What I find most disturbing about the whole episode is its effect on the political climate in Vermont. The case, and O’Reilly’s story, has given a boost to Republicans in the state legislature who want to require judges to give harsher sentences to criminals. Ironically, the Vermont assemblymen couldn’t have asked for a better illustration of why mandatory minimums are such a despicably bad idea...