Word: harshness
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...domestic issues like immigration, education, and health care, Richardson had to deal with the harsh realities of the situation as the two-term governor of New Mexico and former congressman for 14 years. He’s been such a successful governor that he garnered 40 percent of the Republican vote in his reelection. His approval ratings are consistently above 60 percent and always some of the highest in the nation...
...candidacy, there remains the lingering suspicion that it might all be a pipe dream. After all, it’s easy to talk about changing the political system on the campaign trail; it’s much more difficult to put it into practice in the harsh Washington world of backroom deals and partisan squabbles...
...Unfortunately, the federal sentencing guidelines are harsh,” he added. “Since he got the bottom of the range, he got as good as was available with the present scheme...
...retired Lieutenant General Hamid Gul, the former director general of Pakistani intelligence organization Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), "it's very convenient for the security forces to call it a suicide bomber because they can cover up the possibility someone else was behind the attack." Gul, who has become a harsh critic of Musharraf over the past year, believes America is partly responsible for its current predicament. "If America continues to act selfishly and unwisely, well, there is hardly any good that has come out [of their help] either for the U.S. or Pakistan, and this will continue...
...actions helped spark a national movement for divestment, there will always be available sources of capital—sources that do not necessarily operate from Wall Street. No publicity campaigns in the United States can change the fact that PetroChina and Chevron are incredibly profitable companies. That harsh reality means that they will always be able to find investors who are not so picky about where their money has been. Eliminating American investment in companies such as PetroChina and Chevron will only shift profits to foreign investors, including, perhaps, terrorist financiers or rogue states...