Word: harshness
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...famous right breast during the Super Bowl. While Americans everywhere combed the internet for a closer look and set a new record for “most-Tivo-ed moment ever,” Powell expressed his outrage at a press conference. In language at least as harsh as that used by his father to describe Saddam Hussein, Powell described the incident as “deplorable” and vowed a “thorough and swift” federal investigation into… into what exactly? Justin Timberlake’s intentions? If only the administration were this...
...violence” as if they’re the same thing? Indeed, not only are the two often conflated, but many on the Right seem more scandalized by sex than by violence. I can’t find Powell on the record being nearly as harsh about violence on TV as he is about Janet Jackson’s curious article of jewelry, or Ashcroft denouncing the countless paintings of violent battle in our government buildings. In fact, one of the objections to the FCC’s unprecedented deregulation of the airwaves, championed by Powell, is that...
TIME: On the campaign trail you've said some pretty harsh things about George Bush's policies. What do you think about Bush personally...
KERRY: Well, what do you think is the harshest thing I've said? I mean, what's harsh about a reckless, arrogant, ideological foreign policy? That adequately describes it. It's reckless not to talk to North Korea. It's reckless to leave AIDS floundering for several years. It's reckless not to contain nuclear material in Russia. That's a very direct word for it. I like him very much personally. He's a very engaging, very personable, very good guy. People enjoy his company. He's an enjoyable person. I just disagree with him in terms...
...Diego. The Pueblo was in international waters off the coast of North Korea when it was surrounded and fired on by North Korean torpedo boats; one sailor was killed and 10 wounded, including Bucher. After giving up without resisting, Bucher and the crew spent nearly a year in harsh captivity before a negotiated settlement brought them home. A Navy court later recommended that Bucher be court-martialed for surrendering the ship without firing a shot, but Navy Secretary John J. Chafee overruled the decision, saying the men of the Pueblo had suffered enough...