Word: harshness
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...Then maybe it is not surprising that Cornish, Maasdorp and Thairu would choose caning over a less painful but more permanent Ad Board sentence. Cornish has seen both worlds. He spent his junior and senior years at Choate Rosemary High School in Connecticut. "[Choate] had harsh rules in a different way. The consequences of doing something bad at Choate were a lot more long-lasting. Get caned, an hour later you're fine...
...pack--a good sign that women will have a larger role in political life in the future. Young people born after the 1979 revolution now compose over two-thirds of Iran's population and have been a powerful boon to the impetus for reform. Angered by high unemployment and harsh restrictions on individuals, the rising tide of Iran's future has swept the rest of the nation up in its furor. Last summer pro-reform students took to the streets in protest over conservative excesses, only to be forcefully turned back to class in a show of strength...
...charged with second-degree murder. This proposal, which was greeted with relief by the officers' families and general approval from the legal community, leaves the door wide open for Carroll to take the brunt of the blame while allowing the other three officers to escape with little more than harsh reprimands. On Thursday, Judge Teresi granted the request...
...understandable that Dr. Bearing receives little attention from any personal acquaintances. As an extremely harsh but brilliant John Donne scholar, she has spent her life alienating colleagues, students and family with her arrogance. She is fiercely independent and is proud of her strength and lack of personal connections. Of course, Dr Bearing's attitude begins to change upon undergoing eight intensive chemotherapy sessions that leave her battered and vulnerable...
...more things change... Eight months ago Israelis celebrated the election of Ehud Barak as the turning point that would finally set the Jewish state on a course to durable peace with its Arab neighbors. But the last two weeks have provided a harsh reality check. A Hezbollah attack in southern Lebanon Friday killed the seventh Israeli soldier to die there in the past two weeks, despite the heaviest Israeli air raids in four years. Friday's attack further set back U.S. efforts to stop the escalating from derailing the Israel-Syria peace process. "Israel's bombing attacks were a message...