Word: harshness
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...students also demanded a "full-scale investigation" into alleged "unfair labor practices" at the Union and other University dining halls. The list of demands said the practices include "unnecessarily harsh" and "excessive" verbal and written discipline of workers and discriminatory promotion practices based on race and nationality...
...much of anything: it's easy to give a paper an A and write no comments. But a stricter policy would force all teachers to examine and criticize work more carefully. Along the same lines, grade inflation makes it impossible to evaluate teachers accurately. Students tend to be unduly harsh with tough graders--who, ironically, tend to be the most dedicated and hardworking teachers...
Besides facing harsh external challenges, the Crimson will be aiming to meet internal challenges as well...
...analyzing the cause of the harsh winds and low temperatures, some are resorting to conspiracy theories...
Allegations surfaced that Koresh physically abused the children with frequent harsh beatings for infractions as minor as crying after a nap. But child-welfare authorities who investigated last year found no evidence at the time to support those charges. By 1991 Koresh was also traveling to La Verne, California, where in a gated house he established what police called a "women's dormitory" for 18 "wives." When neighbors reported that one of them was 12 years old, police launched a child-molestation investigation against Koresh that is still open...