His feeling for nature even at its harshest coincides with a contempt for human despoliation that can make his prose forbidding and sometimes frigid -- again, a virtuoso analogue for the icy land- and seascapes that are his subject.
In his right-wing fervor, his harsh rhetoric, and his thinly disguised contempt for the President, Ryan embodies the modern G.O.P. — warts and all.
russia The former Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev described Russia on Monday as an imitation of democracy and accused its current leaders of contempt for voters in his harshest criticism of the government.
In which case media publications and journalists which publish on the matter could be held in contempt of court, "all subject to harsh penalties; five years imprisonement and / or $88,000" Mr Gordon says.
In fact, Isabella despised this "uneducated," "selfish" and "harsh-tempered" man, who, in turn, treated her with contempt.
The McCanns' campaign to find Madeleine turned a harsh spotlight on their lives, one that became increasingly intrusive as familiarity bred contempt.
Bess believes she was targeted for harsh treatment because she was a failed suicide bomber, an action regarded with particular contempt by Israelis because suicide attacks have killed so many women and children.
A man who made his living for a time designing wallpaper and illustrating fur-coat catalogues, he expressed contempt for his past as a commercial artist and attacked their values in the harshest terms.
In their contempt of court decision on Tuesday, the justices said they hoped Israel would not need to employ the harsh methods required to enforce that ruling, referring to the use of federal troops in Little Rock, Ark., in 1957.
