Word: harshest
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...second tape (both are undated) obtained by TIME purportedly records the voice of al-Zarqawi describing U.S. forces as "oppressors" and "doglike aliens" and criticizing the Western media for denigrating the will and character of Muslims. But the target of al-Zarqawi's harshest criticism is an erstwhile ally: Harith al-Dhari, an Iraqi Sunni Muslim leader and chairman of the powerful Association of Muslim Scholars. U.S. intelligence suspects al-Dhari of helping fund and organize elements of the insurgency. But al-Dhari has criticized al-Zarqawi's practice of decapitating hostages. On the tape, al-Zarqawi calls al-Dhari...
...goal." Washington, which needs all the support it can get in Iraq, praised Roh's tough-guy stance, relieved that for once he hadn't played to the anti-American sentiment of his young, left-leaning voter base. Even the conservative Chosun Ilbo daily, usually one of his harshest critics, praised Roh's "firm will." Says Lee Chung Hee, an expert on Korean politics at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul: "Roh showed he can be a quick and decisive leader even at the cost of losing support in the street...
...last days, and outwardly at least he leaves as he arrived: cool, calm and collected. Meticulous in dress, he is articulate, strong willed, tireless in his work. Even his harshest critics give Paul Bremer all that. But next week, when he vacates his office at Baghdad's Republican Palace, from which he has essentially run Iraq, Bremer will depart with a diminished reputation. Blame for the failures of the occupation can be spread across the whole spectrum of the U.S. military and political leadership--from the Pentagon planners who ignored warnings of the chaos that would follow "liberation...
...harshest critics, didn’t see anything particularly out of the ordinary in her play, either...
KERRY: Well, what do you think is the harshest thing I've said? I mean, what's harsh about a reckless, arrogant, ideological foreign policy? That adequately describes it. It's reckless not to talk to North Korea. It's reckless to leave AIDS floundering for several years. It's reckless not to contain nuclear material in Russia. That's a very direct word for it. I like him very much personally. He's a very engaging, very personable, very good guy. People enjoy his company. He's an enjoyable person. I just disagree with him in terms...