Word: harshness
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Given the harsh reception that met its IPO, however, it seems unlikely that the facemash will “pull a Napster” and rise from its electronic grave. And perhaps that is for the best: As midterm season puts us at the mercy of our TFs on a daily basis, it’s starting to become apparent that we may already have enough arbitrary judgment in our lives. Being humiliated for “creative” choices in our short-essay answers is bad enough. Being humiliated for our “creative” Freshman...
...here he is, having thoroughly impressed Mazzoleni, the former goaltender and a self-proclaimed harsh critic, and earned that chance after a little more than one season. Everyone at Bright Hockey Center, it seems—coaches, teammates, and even Grumet-Morris—is looking forward to seeing what will happen next...
...candidate best-known for his expertise on domestic issues, Gephardt spent a large amount of time discussing foreign policy and national security. Following Oval Office hopeful Howard Dean’s surge in popularity this summer, the field of Democratic contenders has taken to Dean’s harsh critiques of the current administration...
...well down the road toward making some. Now the threat was grave: North Korea had tested a missile that could deliver a nuclear warhead to the U.S., and the cash-strapped regime could conceivably sell some of its stock to terrorists. North Korea's worried neighbors felt Washington's harsh line had driven Kim to reckless behavior. In January Pyongyang quit the NPT, threw out inspectors and accelerated its plutonium production. The North is thought to have one or two bombs plus fuel to make up to six. But as Pyongyang watched Bush charge into Iraq, it fretted that...
Everyone who gets caught in one of these ethno-controversies privately believes that he or she is being punished for having had the guts to tell a harsh truth. Any apology he or she coughs up, as Boykin did, only reinforces this feeling. No doubt even Mahathir has friends and sycophants who are telling him, "Mo, you're just a victim of political correctness. What is this world coming to when a simple Prime Minister can't say the Jews control everything without people making a ridiculous fuss...