Word: harshness
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...officials wanted to do more and proposed putting Iraq back on the terrorist list. Officials prepared to tighten export controls and canceled another $500 million in commodity export credits because the Iraqi program was tainted by fraud. But Baghdad was still repaying its loans, and senior officials figured any harsh sanctions would only intensify Saddam's paranoia about U.S. intentions. Just days before the invasion, Bush continued to oppose restrictions proposed by Congress...
Clinton had always been favored to win the cluster of Southern and Border State primaries in early March, since that was his home region. In Florida he showed a harsh streak in his character, assailing Tsongas most unfairly -- but effectively -- for supposedly planning to cut Social Security benefits...
...believe him. I've been to the other side of the Dersh mystique. And nothing makes the man happier than the attention of harsh critics...
...nurturing this growing industry, Clinton has shown the trade-offs he would be willing to make -- and tolerate -- in the quest to create jobs and encourage business. Thousands of chicken growers and processing-plant workers suffer from low wages and harsh, even crippling working conditions. Their cheap labor and high productivity has enabled poultry's Pashas to enjoy explosive success in the past decade while keeping chicken prices low for consumers. In Arkansas, poultry workers are probably no worse off than their brethren in Mississippi or Georgia, but their numbers are greater, and they are increasingly angry that their share...
Julekha Dash, Burnham's roommate, had harsh words for the landlord. "The fact is the landlord was negligent. How could anyone drop a dishwasher from forty feet up in the air? He didn't even look before he dropped the dishwasher," Dash said. CORNELL...