Word: harshness
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...show people how things look to me." For all his impatience with Miyazaki's morals and happy endings, it's hard to avoid the impression that Kon took some cues from his rival when making Tokyo Godfathers. In Kon's first two movies he abandoned his characters to harsh fates. The heroes of Tokyo Godfathers, in contrast, seem to be watched over by a benevolent deity. Chance encounters repeatedly save the day, and the film's chase-sequence finale is brought to a safe conclusion by a meteorological miracle. Kon seems to have synthesized his hard-boiled instincts with...
...argue that the French media are systematically skewed against Israel. Others complain that criticizing Sharon quickly leads to charges of anti-Semitism. The fierceness of the debate augurs poorly for Europe's relations with Israel. Israelis blame Europe for being pusillanimous and pro-Palestinian; Europeans blame Israel for being harsh and inhuman. Yet their ties are inextricable. "Israel is a product of the Shoah, and the Shoah is a product of Europe," says Rony Brauman, former president of Médecins sans Frontières and a fierce Jewish critic of Israel. Chirac's initiative on anti-Semitism may help...
...succeeded only in wiping out entire neighborhoods in the name of “urban renewal.” New Haven sprouted a small forest of bulbous towers in the best tradition of Science Center Brutalism. Crime soared. “Inner city” was hardly too harsh a euphemism...
Analyzing America’s current use of each kind of power, Nye had harsh words for the country’s current foreign policy...
...political plan is a major roll of the dice for Washington. The harsh reality of the escalating insurgency has forced the Bush administration to abandon its program for direct U.S. supervision of a slow and thorough transition to Iraqi democracy. Instead, sovereign authority and control of the transition will be placed in the hands of a government chosen by Iraqis - even if the "electorate" is confined to elites vetted by Iraqis previously chosen by the U.S. to run various local, provincial and national councils...