Word: harsher
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...Affairs Committee (AIPAC), in which he slammed the Clinton administration for daring to put pressure on Israel by imposing deadlines in the peace process and for not moving Washington's embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The irony, not lost on AIPAC officials, is that President Bush consistently took harsher positions on Israel than the Clinton administration has, even threatening to halt U.S. aid in order to stop Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank and East Jerusalem - a form of leverage as unthinkable during Clinton's tenure as moving the embassy would have been on President Bush's watch...
...have sensed certain professors or teaching fellows in the Core might grade harsher in an effort to emphasize that their course is in fact not easy and not 'just a Core,'" she says...
These discrepancies have serious ramifications not only because they make it harder for minorities to get jobs and a complete education; they also have grave consequences for juveniles who are now subject to the harsher sentencing guidelines passed by states over the last decade. When the penalties are greater, the effects of discrimination in the juvenile justice system fall even heavier on minorities. Harsh penalties for juveniles only compound the discrimination this report exposes...
...including violent crimes and homicide, have been on the decline throughout the U.S. for the past decade. That applies to the inner cities and the suburbs, to New York and to Oregon. At the same time, incarcerations are up and laws and school policies punishing youthful offenders have grown harsher. The reason, the report concludes, is that isolated but well-publicized events such as the Columbine and Jonesboro shootings have the public thinking that our schools are battlegrounds...
...West Coast waters of Mission Bay proved to be harsher than the Charles, as all four boats in competition left without a single victory...