Word: harshness
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...That's too harsh. What's important in this sort of comedy is not to hit the bull's-eye with every gag but to establish a genial connection between the star and his audience. That's Ferrell's main achievement during this hot run of his. Since his first smash, the 2003 Elf (still his highest grosser), he has kept busy and lucky: building a succession of hits, dabbling in the higher-IQ type of comedy (Stranger Than Fiction), cameoing in his friends' films, occasionally lending his luster to indies nobody sees. One of these, Winter Passing, grossed...
...Such harsh punishment of dissent is not surprising in Vietnam, where the Communist Party remains firmly in control despite 20 years of economic liberalization. What was new is that the court spectacle in the ancient imperial capital of Hue was so open. Politically sensitive trials especially tend to be held quietly and - perhaps - announced after the fact...
Faust navigates this moral maelstrom with Olympian equanimity. While most of us would be drawn to harsh condemnation, Faust’s quest is to understand. The balance she shows surely reflects both her values as a historian and her character—this is good for the University...
...Lions' shaky finances. Instead, the Lions are in serious trouble. Earlier this month, the club admitted that its scouts had paid a pair of amateur players under the table, a clear violation of the rules. (Seibu turned down TIME's requests for interviews.) The Lions could be facing harsh penalties, like losing their spot in the draft for a year or more, but the greater damage is to the club's reputation and that of Japanese baseball. Former major league manager Bobby Valentine, who now helms the Chiba Lotte Marines in Tokyo, called the Lions' payoffs...
...with a 40 oz. duct-taped to her wrists that she unsuccessfully tries to remove for a good three minutes. The blog also includes derogatory comments on the gender, sexuality, and appearance of various law students, including some from Harvard. But Law School student Adam R. Sorkin thinks these harsh remarks represent the feelings of only a minority of the student body. “It’s easy, if you don’t have friends, to sit in your dorm or your apartment and do your homework and write these nasty things,” says Sorkin...