Word: harshness
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...class, she depicted Mohamed standing next to a sign posted on Egyptian military fences: COMING NEAR OR TAKING PHOTOS PROHIBITED. When it came to politics and religion, topics no Egyptian can avoid, he offered mainstream opinions. His friends don't remember ever seeing him pray, and they recall his harsh words for Islamic terrorists--"brainless, irresponsible people...
...trip by helicopter and four-wheel drive from the northeast border to this hill town, 5,250 ft. above sea level and 38 miles from Kabul, displays the country in all its harsh beauty. The helicopter makes its way between mountains, not above them, a few dozen feet above the lower peaks, a few hundred from the cliffs on each side. There is no room for error. The roads are no less a challenge. The unpaved single-track trail from the helicopter pad at Astana in the Panjshir Valley--a United Front stronghold--winds between a fast-moving river...
...disbelief among those Mohammed Atta left behind in Cairo signifies the extent of the personality change required to have turned their friend into a mass killer. And yet, all are also aware of the powerful cross currents generated by Egyptian society's precarious perch at the intersection between the harsh and conflicting demands of Western modernity and geopolitics, failed Arab nationalism and Islamic extremism...
...Solano. Cairnie excluded many from the store. This might have been nice for the writers and poets, but the general public felt abused. “Cairnie was quite high-handed for someone who had started out as a potato inspector in Quebec,” remembers Solano. The harsh tongue of Cairnie had lashed many, and he was known for only wanting to associate with individuals who were wealthy, famous or from Harvard. If the person was female, he preferred that she be attractive and the wife of one of the writers, as he subscribed to the prevailing idea...
...their activities. In an attempt to make it more difficult for foreign terrorists to hide in the U.S. by posing as students, Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.) has proposed a bill to keep closer tabs on foreigners studying in this country. Unfortunately, the provisions of the bill are both harsh and ill-focused. Should the bill pass, it would discourage many foreign students and few foreign terrorists...