Word: harshness
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Just as novels by some American veterans paint an unflattering portrait of the U.S. Army, Sorrow of War shows North Vietnamese soldiers taking drugs, gambling and deserting -- depictions that provoked an unusual silence from the government and harsh criticism from some peers in Vietnam. Yet the censors were evidently moved by the book's unflinching sincerity and Ninh's literary gifts. "My book is a reaction against attempts to embellish war," he says, "and to forget the human side...
...event comes home to them with a painful certainty. Such was what happened last Thursday evening to Jamil Hamad, a reporter for 10 years in TIME's Jerusalem bureau. Fortunately, when the evening was over, no serious harm had come to Hamad or his family. But he had gained harsh new insight into a story he has long covered for us -- this time by becoming part...
...year-old Jones, who goes by the name Nas, is breaking through as a rapper. His debut album, Illmatic, captures the ailing community he was raised in -- the random gunplay, the whir of police helicopters, the homeboys hanging out on the corner sipping bottles of Hennessy. Despite the harsh subject matter, most of the songs are leisurely paced, with amiable melodies. One track uses part of Michael Jackson's Human Nature as its basic tune. Nas' rapping is dispassionate -- like an anchorman relaying the day's grim news -- but his lyrics sometimes reveal submerged emotion. "So stay civilized, time flies...
...Representative James Talent and Senator Lauch Faircloth. Their plan would deny benefits to unwed mothers under 21, without promising them a job or any other means of support. The savings would go to the states for setting up orphanages and group homes. To those who have called these requirements harsh, Talent replies: "What the existing system does is tell young people they can raise a child without waiting until they're old enough to handle the responsibility. It's a cruel lie to people...
Twenty-five years later, The Gazette's coverage continues to portray the administration in a light less harsh than that of independent publications...