Word: harshness
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...Steven Spielberg's Munich has drawn some harsh responses, mostly because the director chose to go Rodney King in a Time interview last month: "For me this movie is a prayer for peace." He has expressed dismay about the perpetual cycle of violence in the Middle East-which seems to imply a moral equivalence between Palestinian terrorists who butchered members of Israel's Olympic team in 1972 and the Mossad agents who tried to track them down and kill them. The film itself is more subtle. The "facts" of the story have been questioned by former Israeli intelligence officers...
...envoy to the G-8, and his Kremlin staff had been gradually reduced. But it was Illarionov who took the final step to resign this week. In a lengthy interview with TIME, Illarionov sat down to discuss his decision to leave office, the tense situation in Ukraine and his harsh criticism of the current administration...
...ties. How cool is that?The women of “Scene,” although underrepresented in written verbiage, are equally incredible. They only go up to a size 10, and can wear Brooks Brothers shirts without pants—a feat rarely accomplished in the harsh New England winter (then again, one mustn’t forget that those Puritans were of a hardy stock.) “Scene” women are also phenomenally well-versed in sexual lubricant. Who knew that K-Y Jelly is actually gauche? Apparently it’s much like wearing...
...young Chiyo (Suzuka Ohgo) is sold to a geisha house in the city. There she begins her training in the arts of being a geisha—grace, dancing, smalltalk, pouring tea—while trying to survive the cruel jealousy of the head geisha, Hatsumomo (Li) and the harsh atmosphere of the geisha house. Under the tutelage of Hatsumomo’s rival Mameha (Yeoh), Chiyo grows up to become the stunning and celebrated geisha known as Sayuri (Zhang). As World War II hits Japan, Sayuri must adapt to the changing way of life about her. Marshall accurately represents...
...chided as a “filthy Jew-hater” by a woman near Lamont Library. Rather than exacerbating the incident, she simply called the police and acknowledged that the isolated event did not reflect the norm at Harvard. Whoever uttered those hateful words did not face harsh rebuke by the student body, but just deafening silence that marginalized her more than any rally ever could...