Word: harshness
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...years later, after her adopted homeland won independence, Teresa received permission from Rome to strike out on her own. Attracting a dozen disciples, she started what she called her "little society." The nuns crept along the harsh streets of Calcutta in search of mankind's most miserable; the sisters had to beg for their own support, even their daily meals. "There were times during the first three or four months," says Teresa's biographer, Navin Chawla, "when she'd be humiliated, and tears would be streaming down her cheeks. [She] told herself, 'I'll teach myself to beg, no matter...
...study, released this week by Fordham's School of Social Service, focused on 715 children who were given standard IQ tests at one and three years of age. According to the researchers, the IQ scores of girls who received "high levels of harsh discipline" at 12 and 36 months were about eight points lower than girls of the same age who were spared the rod. Boys in the same age group showed similar IQ reductions after being spanked or scolded, but not to the same extent as girls, the study found. An even worse effect was found from a lack...
...appalling decision," huffed a New York Times editorial, saying the deal "casts suspicion on the A.M.A.'s credibility." Many physicians, including A.M.A. members, also weighed in with harsh diagnoses. "What stands out here is the stupidity, even more than the venality," snapped Dr. Quentin Young, head of an advocacy organization called the Health and Medicine Policy Research Group, adding, "The A.M.A. is cashing in its debilitated reputation as a guardian of American health and becoming straightforward feather merchants...
...vessel growth, and tumors depend on the rapid growth of internal blood vessels that can feed them. But this substance is locked up in the cartilage and doesn't leak out to the rest of the body. To extract it, scientists have to soak huge amounts of cartilage in harsh chemicals for weeks at a time...
Combs: I don't have no problem with that. I think kids shouldn't be able to listen to some of these albums till their minds are fully developed and ready to digest an album with certain realities on there. There are realities that may be too harsh for young ears. Even though it's a reality and it needs to be said, it may not need to be said to a 10-year...