Syrian poetry, says Ghada Alatrash, a SyrianCanadian translator, has changed drastically since the war, ditching airy and romantic themes for harsh subjects such as death and destruction.Putting suffering, anger and hope into words is a risky business.
LOS ANGELES — "Jack the Giant Slayer" bombed at the North American box office over the weekend, teaching Warner Brothers a harsh lesson about derivative subject matter, flawed release dates and imperfect marketing.
In one e-mail on the morning before her death, Ms. Cachay wrote a harsh expletive in the subject line and told Mr. Brooks the fact that he had cheated on her made her sick.
The whole region is subject to a harsh winter climate, and its resources are few and less accessible than those of southern Canada.
It is subject to a harsh environment and takes a beating, so it has to be something that will sustain the travel of a real road warrior," Mr. Johnston added.
WASHINGTON — Gregory B. Jaczko, the chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the subject of a harsh new investigative report from his own agency, finds himself in the cross-fire of a 30-year political battle over disposal of radioactive waste from the nation's nuclear power plants and weapons program.
Under Islamist control the northern Malians have been subject to a harsh version of sharia law, where television, music, cigarettes and alcohol have been outlawed.
The considerable inconvenience, let alone the anxiety of wondering whether you will be allowed into the parking lot where you live, is a harsh reminder that purchasing property subject to a homeowner association is complicated.
If you go directly to her manager, you risk that she'll be subject to a harsh punishment or may even be fired.
A notorious scofflaw, Caravaggio painted the most sacred of subjects with a harsh realism never before witnessed by the Catholic Church.
