Word: harshness
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Vanessa Carlton coos in her new song, “White Houses,” the lamentation, “we grew up way too fast.” At last Thursday’s screening of Inside Out, a documentary about the harsh reality of teen motherhood, the lyrics of this piece of contemporary pop took on a whole new meaning...
...making of the film and her new book, which she describes as “looking from the inside, rather than as outsiders,” has obviously affected many viewers. It is recognized as an educational resource as well as a viable piece of work concerning the harsh but true—and often unspoken—reality of teen motherhood...
...Disputes over alleged mistreatment of athletes are nothing new in South Korea. Gifted children are drafted into the country's sporting machine and subjected to harsh training regimes and a boot-camp culture whose simple ethic, critics say, is that sticks are better than carrots. Still, many Koreans were shocked by descriptions of the violence and the age of the athletes: the skaters described in the letters are all teenagers...
...coordinator Allison I. Rogers said that Harvard’s trash is sent down to South Carolina, and “the fuel emissions that occur [have] a harsh impact on our environment...
...Taking the stand late in the trial, Soga declared Jenkins a good father and described the harsh conditions in which the family lived while in the North. Jenkins said he decided to leave Pyongyang to reunite his daughters with their mother and ensure they could live their lives in freedom. He insists that he arrived in Tokyo planning to plead guilty to absolutely everything. "I have been a good father, and a good husband," he wrote in a statement read by Culp. "In many ways, I guess I was trying to make up for having done such a bad thing...