Word: harshness
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...harsh cutbacks...
...stands out as a masterpiece. There is a rough, unshaped quality to some of them not seen in his well-made novels, as if Auchincloss had simply stopped writing when an idea or character ran dry. But the collection as a whole is powerful and chilling. It is as harsh as anything in current literature, an expression of disgust and revulsion maintained over five decades. The author has written some 50 books, is a lawyer from a wealthy old New York family, and his reiterated distaste for Society in decline seems too strong to be anything but personal...
...which put a criminal away for life, are not mutually exclusive crime-reduction concepts ((Law Enforcement, Nov. 14)). Many people can avoid a life of crime if they are given more positive outlets for their energies -- thus the true benefit of "prevention programs." But we must also accept the harsh reality that many criminals are so hardcore that no amount of positive effort will reform them. These repeat, violent offenders must be locked away forever; there is no other way to stop them. Yes, jailing them costs money, but freeing them could cost the lives of innocent victims...
...huge and barren former Soviet republic. Their mission: to pack more than 1,300 lbs. of highly enriched uranium into barrels for shipment back to the U.S. to prevent the material from falling into the wrong hands. They had only a few weeks to perform the delicate procedure. The harsh Central Asian winter was coming, and once it arrived, it would be difficult to fly out of the desolate Kazakh site...
...Toulouse-Lautrec's Absinthe Drinker may be a prostitute, but she possesses a maternal modesty conveyed by her relaxed posture, unassuming clothes and coloring in tonal browns. She's not a redhead, as are many of Toulouse-Lautrec's women, nor does she look embalmed and fluorescent as the harsh lighting of the Moulin Rouge was apt to render its drunk habituees. Absinthe Drinker is a refreshing contrast to Toulouse-Lautrec's unflattering portraits. But here again, the work is not psychologically revealing, because the woman is shown in profile...