Word: harshness
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...sold a mountain of books. But media coverage isn't always profitable, and is often uncomfortably probing. Reporters followed Amy Carter's exploits even after her father lost his reelection. Paparazzis flooded Caroline Kennedy's wedding. And the watchful, shallow eye of the media spared none of them from harsh scrutiny...
...anticipate that Rabin's basic proposal for autonomy will be, in spokeswoman Hanan Mikhail-Ashrawi's words, "much more comprehensive and serious" than Shamir's. But they are looking first for some tangible gestures to set the right tone: a complete brake on settlements and an end to harsh occupation rules...
...best yet on how the Material Girl toys with racial and sexual images. Unlike other writers, hooks does not let Madonna's progressive activism obscure a through evaluation of her work. hooks is able to see how Madonna's videos and movies simply reinforce familiar prejudices. In a harsh, insightful critique of Truth or Dare, hooks asks difficult questions about Madonna's declared affection for the "outsider" cultures of Blacks and homosexuals...
...essay lays bare how Madonna's supposedly taboo-breaking movie pigeon-holed these groups into lifeless stereotypes. Shedding a harsh light on the pop goddess, hooks reveals how much of Madonna's act is the "same old nonsense" in a pointy...
...least, the recession was supposed to have ended a year ago. But the relentless pace of new layoffs, along with ! the surge in unemployment from 7.5% in May to an eight-year high of 7.8% in June, has mooted the normal distinction between a recovery and a slump. The harsh reality is that the U.S. remains mired in a prolonged period of stagnation that threatens to drag on for years. Companies have restructured, whole industries have scaled back their work forces, and staying lean has become embedded in the corporate consciousness. "This is the end of the post- World...