Word: harshness
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...contains comments about every current “punch” (the students who wish to join the club) and, as one could imagine, the comments are rarely based on any sort of merit. The Isis’ book is rife with vapid and positive evaluations, as well as harsh critiques based on punches’ accessories, shrill vocal tones, social faux pas, and dating infidelities...
...Undeterred by the “flava” of Isis, there are nonetheless some who seek membership in this haven of inebriated ditzes. For those, a harsh calculus awaits...
...newest effort to shine history's harsh light on the Great Helmsman is Mao: The Unknown Story (Knopf; 814 pages) by Jung Chang and Jon Halliday. Chang is the author of Wild Swans, the gripping and mega-selling 1991 memoir of how three generations of her family survived modern China's upheavals. (She was a Maoist Red Guard in the Cultural Revolution's early stages.) Halliday, Chang's husband, is an author and Russia historian...
...that can enable the administration to buy the support of more Americans for the war effort, such currency is hardly worth anything right now for Iraqis. What Iraqis care about today, more than anything else, is a clear strategy that can deliver security and put an end to the harsh reality unleashed against them since the beginning of this war.After two years, Iraq looks like a state that has experienced a sharp transition from being a country oppressed by the despotic rules of tyranny to a country torn apart by the brutal rules of insurgency and civil war. In simpler...
...detailing their admissions status at HBS as well as at five other top business schools.Less than a week after the breaches became public, HBS decided it would categorically reject all 119 applicants who had attempted to check their admissions status—a move that some critics called unduly harsh.“This behavior is unethical at best—a serious breach of trust that can not be countered by rationalization,” Clark wrote in a statement, emphasizing the school’s renewed focus on ethics in business leadership.Robinson Professor of Business Administration...