Sentence examples for harsh legacy from inspiring English sources

The particularly harsh legacy of apartheid as it was carried out here has left especially deep scars that still demarcate the geography: whites in the city center and its mountainside inner suburbs, nonwhites in the distant townships on the Cape Flats.

It's time to put an end to the harsh legacy of stifling inequality.

Alia's harsh legacy Two years after Cyclone Aila hit, many villagers still live on the embankment – irrespective of class or cast, wealth or status – in makeshift homes constructed from plastic and bamboo.

Its dark sides bequeathed harsh legacies that play out to this day.

Pictures of the concentration camps served to reinforce the necessity of the war and its unavoidably harsh economic legacy.

The acrimony has dashed the high hopes that accompanied the electoral victory of the 40-year-old Mr. Ponta, who promised to usher in generational change in a country that has struggled to overcome one of the harshest Communist legacies among the former Soviet bloc states.

They make up two-thirds of Syria's population, but have historically chafed at the dominance, during 40 years of rule by the Assad family, of the Alawites, an offshoot of Shia Islam whose adherents account for some 6% of Syrians.The broader opposition, which suffers a legacy of harsh state repression and internal factionalism, has struggled to contain sectarian impulses.

Criminologists and legal experts here and abroad point to a tangle of factors to explain America's extraordinary incarceration rate: higher levels of violent crime, harsher sentencing laws, a legacy of racial turmoil, a special fervor in combating illegal drugs, the American temperament, and the lack of a social safety net.

Gregg Easterbrook, writing for ESPN, assesses his legacy, casting a harsh look back at his problems with the law but noting his transformation: Lewis, by appearances, is redeemed.

But Ms. Parent's lofty new title and lush, $6 million pay package obscure a harsh reality: despite its enduring legacy as one of Hollywood's most legendary movie studios — and a seemingly stubborn refusal to disappear — MGM hasn't fit the profile of a full-fledged production company in years.

Governor Jerry Brown's office declined to comment on whether he will sign the bill, but its easy passage suggests a state with a legacy of being harsh on criminals of all stripes is determined to change course.