Word: harshness
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...accept a level of engagement with Tehran that his hard-line advisers have resisted. And his offer of a written, multinational security guarantee for North Korea if it gives up its nuclear ambitions could commit the U.S. to protracted negotiations there as well. A President famed for his harsh, admonitory tone struck a conciliatory note aboard Air Force One last week, telling reporters, "I've been saying all along that not every policy issue needs to be dealt with by force...
...harsh lighting and indifferent stares that was my Annenberg, I had found a beacon. But it wasn’t that great. On second thought, I missed those cold scowls. So I decided to return for one more bowl...
...already incurred significant punishment; while here in Cambridge his wife and eight-year-old son endure excruciating and interminable uncertainty as to his fate. Yang and many other prisoners of the Chinese government have not been proven guilty on criminal charges yet have been held captive in unjustifiably harsh conditions for extended periods—a clear violation of human rights laws...
...already incurred significant punishment; while here in Cambridge his wife and eight-year-old son endure excruciating and interminable uncertainty as to his fate. Yang and many other prisoners of the Chinese government have not been proven guilty on criminal charges yet have been held captive in unjustifiably harsh conditions for extended periods—a clear violation of human rights laws...
...integrated into the international community is far from satisfactory. But just as Iraq may have provided a warning to Iran and North Korea of the fate that could await them - although its not quite clear whether Pyongyang drew the deterrent lesson intended by Washington - Iraq has also provided a harsh reality check on the limits of preemptive regime-change. America is chafing under the burden of its decision to go to war without international authorization. Occupying an unruly Iraq looks set to tie down half of the active-duty combat personnel of the U.S. military for months, or even years...