A week after taking office, she sent back to parliament a new language law, criticised by the West as well as by Russia, that was excessively harsh; for example, it insisted that private commercial transactions should be in Latvian.
His is work, if one may use so harsh a word for it, sheerly of the imagination.
They are all raised by the troubles plaguing the central figure, Solness, who has climbed to the top of his field — and paid a harsh human cost for it — but has never felt at rest there.
Moreno gave harsh new instructions for it: monitor the activities of the rich; kill Goyeneche, Nieto, Paula Sanz and the bishop on sight; and allow soldiers to pillage the enemies at the first patriot victory, to generate terror.
"It has been harsher for transgender athletes," Carroll said.
Maybe it's just his painkillers talking, but with Mitchell's face encased in those sausage-roll curls, this is a darker, rawer, harsher show and better for it.
From the age of seven he was educated at St. George's School, Ascot, one of the most expensive preparatory schools in the country but one known for harsh treatment; it was standard for the headmaster to flog pupils until they bled and force other students and staff to listen to their screams.
Although the terms and conditions may seem harsh, for some people it helps instil financial discipline.
And, while I agree that the official reactions were far too harsh for the crimes, it seems that now the complainer, Adria Richards is being attacked by Anonymous, and her personal information is being strewn across the Internet.
Meanwhile, the United States blames Russia for it harsh negotiation tactics.
