But Ms. Edson's point about an abrasive woman of intellect making a last-minute human connection is less convincing than it is supposed to be, though the importance of that point, and the notion that Vivian was too tough and heartless as a teacher, are arguable.
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To believe that all politicians are cynical is to collaborate in the cynicism that destroys democracy, but for the sake of argument let's imagine all politicians are not just cynical, but heartless too.
Retribution inevitably arrives, with marriage and the familiar accusations: she's heartless, thoughtless, too self-involved to be a mother or wife — in fact, he points out, she isn't really a woman at all.
They led countries at the bottom of the economic ladder: it seemed heartless to be too tough.
Translated in English as the Handover Trust, it is presented in "Too Far Afield" as a heartless instrument of capitalism that put millions of East Germans out of work and handed over the economic remnants of the Communist regime to avaricious West German investors.
If you're a facist, homophobe, warmonger or a heartless person with too much power, then it's likely Ed has socked it to you with a banner.
Also, "cold, callous, heartless, mean-spirited, hateful".
