Sentence examples for harsh appraisals from inspiring English sources

Mr Ozzie, by contrast, wears a permanent Buddha-like smile, speaks in a soothing, deep voice and delivers even harsh appraisals with reassuring charm.Sitting in LotusMr Ozzie's affability and his credibility as a geek and a Microsoft "outsider" now make him, in Mr Gates's eyes, the best person to lead Microsoft through a momentous upheaval.

He offers mea culpas for reviews that haven't aged well (including his harsh appraisal of Tom Stoppard's breakthrough drama, "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead").

That record of progress has pushed further into the horizon the day that China will surpass the United States as the lead culprit, and it is something that Mr. Bush seems to have overlooked in his harsh appraisal.

A draft of Rabbi Yoffie's text contained a harsh appraisal of Yasir Arafat and the Palestinian leadership, in light of the current violence, along with a statement that the liberal Reform movement had "misjudged" that leadership's will to forge a peace.

Merkel also offered a harsh appraisal of Britain.

The goal that saved them from an even harsher appraisal was a rare moment of quality.

It also renders an extremely harsh final appraisal of President Bush.

Bob Woodward's The War Within, the final volume in his four-part Bush oeuvre, renders an extremely harsh final appraisal of President Bush.

Skeptics have been harsh in their appraisal of Nissan's grand plans for electric cars — which the automaker will begin putting into practice with its all-electric Leaf compact, introduced in Japan on Friday.

Mr. Long had been harsh in his appraisal of Mr. Paladino, calling him "more of a caricature than a candidate" and likening him to Pierre Rinfret, the Republican candidate for governor in 1990 — whom the Conservatives declined to endorse.

But with Mrs. Whitman suddenly the lamest of lame ducks, and the fall elections for governor and both houses of the Legislature now dominating the political agenda, Democrats were harsh in their appraisal of the governor's record.