Word: harshness
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...team was angry with the article. Rightfully? I don't know. I've read over that article again and again, but I'm still not sure whether or not it was too harsh. Maybe I crossed the line--maybe I was subconsciously afraid that hanging around the team made me biased, so I pushed myself too far the other way. Or maybe I didn't--maybe the voice inside my head that thought I was too critical comes from a natural gratefulness to a program that's been so good to me for three years. Maybe I have too much...
...when other kids were going to the playground, Gardiner and her siblings spent Maine's harsh winters learning about state government...
Some have criticized Appelbaum's occasionally harsh rhetoric (he angered some council members by refusing to refer to a transgendered individual as "he" rather than "she" and once vowed to "tear apart with my bare hands" those seeking to remove ROTC graduation ceremonies from campus). "That type of debate," Rawlins says, "goes to show how insensitive he and those on the right can be to those they disagree with...
That would seem to be clear-cut if harsh. But complicating the issue is the fact that adultery and fraternization cases are handled at the discretion of the commander, who has a spectrum of choices running from friendly counseling through informal warning, fines, reprimands, demotions and courts-martial. This sustains authority and flexibility but invites caprice and prejudice. Air Force defenders point out that the branch's statistics on adultery courts-martial betray little sexual bias, reflecting almost exactly the male-to-female ratio of the force. But observers contend that women, once investigated, draw harsher noncriminal penalties. According...
...hard-liner's justification for enlargement is harsh: What better time to kick an opponent than when he's down? Russia is weak; the new Eastern and Central European democracies are fragile; Russia has the resources and, historically, the inclination to rise and threaten again. So now is the time to shelter those nervous fledglings of the former Soviet bloc so they can thrive under NATO's protective wing. As an added benefit, supervised membership may even ease regional hostilities that have destabilized Central Europe for generations. Then, if Russia keeps democratizing and ultimately proves to be no menace...