Word: harshness
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Even considering the huge lexicon of Bush misstatements, this is particularly idiotic. To take even partial blame for the economic decline--and to use the harsh terms of the Democrats to describe it--is suicidal in a state reeling as much as New Hampshire. He should beat up on Congress, liberals and anyone else who comes to mind. Just not himself...
...hopes that Buchanan will steal Bush's fire, we can't forget that he has shown us in recent national polls that cleaned up David Duke rhetoric can appeal nationally. Too harsh? I'll grant that Buchanan is obviously not an avowed Nazi, but too often putting "America first" seems to mean we must accept the white Catholic values he grew up with as those of a patriotic America...
...book has the same type of feeling as the television show The Wonder Years. Though Schnur does much more than simply reminisce about his youth, each story has the feeling of a childhood memory. Schnur bathes his recollections in a soft, romantic light that makes the harsh realities of life, like loss and rejection, tolerable and the joys of life incredible...
...file to chief public defender David Fishkin, a gentle giant who looks like a bearded Ichabod Crane. More than anything else, Fishkin decides, efforts must be made to keep Antwan "out of the system" by placing him in a "diversion" program, which offers counseling and individual attention rather than harsh penalties like incarceration. Like everyone else in the courthouse, Fishkin knows that once a kid falls deeper into the justice system, he may never get out. But the lawyer is worried that the prosecutor on the case may have something different in mind. He makes a call and discovers...
...last one. Along with a sharp drop in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, declining approval ratings in the polls, and insinuations of financial wrongdoings, he suffered a particularly disappointing setback when parliament effectively killed a government measure to let Japanese soldiers serve overseas in United Nations peacekeeping operations. After harsh criticism in the West for Japan's failure to participate in the gulf coalition against Iraq, Miyazawa was determined to ease his country's strict limitations on military service abroad. The bill was approved by the Lower House of the Diet after sometimes violent debate, but when the Prime Minister tried...