Word: harshly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...human world, without any sign of common sense or logic. In this way the work will draw nearer to dream and to the mind of a child." The tilted, exaggerated perspectives of De Chirico's pre-1920 paintings, their dry meridional light (he could extract more mystery from the harsh hour of noon than most people could find in midnight) and their sense of theatrical expectation, like the hush that precedes the raising of the curtain, gave his work a superbly irrational quality...
...remain operative under these harsh conditions, the probes are outfitted with, among other things, tough heat-resistant diamond and sapphire windows through which their instruments should be able to peer with impunity. What they detect will provide a trove of important new information about Venus' atmosphere. By learning more about the meteorology of this kindred yet vastly different planet, scientists may gain new insights into terrestrial climate and weather...
...wind was fiercer on the Owens Valley side. It blew sleet and snow hard enough to turn any exposed flesh a deep red-violet. There was also more snow. Old snow, left over from a harsh winter, was covered with a new and slippery coat. Most of the time I could follow Adrian's footprints but there came a stretch where they ran out. At the same point, the snow all of a sudden became too steep to walk across...
California Congressmen Charles H. Wilson and Edward Roybal were reprimanded by the House last month for not reporting, as required, $1,000 gifts from Koreagate's master briber, Tongsun Park. Hispanic Leader Roybal's supporters used Diggs' line of defense: suggesting that he was getting harsh treatment because of his ethnic background. He and Wilson were handily reelected...
When oil and gas were discovered under their harsh, frigid waters in 1969, Norwegians felt confident that North Sea energy riches would give them the means to create a perfect society. Even before the money came in, they started spending it to enhance an elaborate social-welfare system that has given them one of the world's highest living standards. But the state budget crept up, until today this system takes an astonishing 54.9% of the gross national product. Belatedly, Norwegians discovered that they were living well beyond their means...