Word: harshly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...requirements; a brief attempt at liberalization in the late '50s, patterned after Mao's short-lived campaign to "let 100 flowers bloom," uncovered so much resentment that repression was reinstituted almost immediately. Ho, however, was never blamed for repression: skillfully, he divorced himself in the public mind from that harsh entity known as government. As British Journalist James Cameron put it, the people seemed to say: "This or that is a damn nuisance, the government is pushing us around again. But Uncle Ho says it is all right, so we suppose it must...
Depite deep misgivings, Brazil's military regime was planning to restore a measure of civilian government this week. It would have been the first relaxation of the harsh measures imposed last December, when the constitution was scrapped, Congress closed and a sweeping purge launched against critics of the military. Last week, the prospect of even a limited return to civilian rule abruptly vanished. President Arthur da Costa e Silva, 66, suffered a stroke that left him partially paralyzed on his right side and unable to speak. Physicians said his prognosis was "fairly good," meaning that in time...
...particular charm and excitement of Russian architecture is its unity in diversity. The strangest flower of Byzantium, it represents a triumph of adaptation in bending an enormously sophisticated style to the harsh honesty of ordinary wood or the rugged realities of stone. It is unique. The outsider can be happy that the Soviet Union has finally come to treasure its Russian past...
...stealing a cheap knife and some cookies from a supermarket in 1965, a young Mississippi Negro named Arthur Roberts was sentenced to 90 days. The sentence was harsh enough, but it led to even more severe consequences...
...courage makes her a memorable heroine. Unflinchingly viewing the psychology behind the glamor industry's power plays without seeming to drown in the uglier aspects of human behavior, interlacing his pathos with satiric toughness, Author Renek proves that you can write a nuanced novel in the harsh shadow cast by formularized fiction...