As the leading advocate in the Bush administration for greater intervention in the Israeli-Palestinian crisis, Secretary Powell has already borne harsh criticism from conservative Republicans in and out of government, who remember that he urged the first President Bush not to press on to Baghdad at the end of the Persian Gulf war 11 years ago.
European governments are already struggling to bear harsh austerity measures imposed by the European Commission and other creditors to reduce their massive public debt load, which is hovering at around 90% of Europe's GDP.
Being well seasoned to that sort of thing, I could bear the harsh sounds that must have made many listeners in their homes turn off their sets precipitately; but the "beautiful" passages of a lushness never experienced before outside a cinema during the organ interlude, were not easily endurable.
If the young bear the harshest burden of the economic crisis — 48 percent of Greeks below age 24 are unemployed — they do so with a mix of denial, frantic exuberance and a debilitating sense of the absurd.
It's a replay of the Iraq equation: the troops, the Iraqi people and American taxpayers have borne the harshest costs while Bush and company retire to their McMansions.
The Jets still act as if they were shaken by their encounter with the Patriots, and the Bears received a harsh reminder on Sunday that a team that cannot run the ball or protect the quarterback won't go far in the postseason.
The designed downhole MRI tool overcomes the weakness of traditional technique and raise new applications such as for heterogeneous formation evaluation around well bore and for harsh borehole conditions.
It's imagined by westerners as a land of darkness, harsh winters, bears and exiles, and it's a home seldom coveted by foreigners.
Besides the fact that it bears Windows Phone 7, harsh angles, and a very, very iPhone-esque (and I try to avoid saying that) circular home button below the touchscreen, there's not a whole lot known about this one.
Another harsh winter bears down on Syria's children GENEVA / AMMAN, 3 December 2013 – Nearly 5.5 million vulnerable Syrian children will soon face another season of harsh winter weather.
