Nine years seems rather a harsh penalty for a crime that did not itself harm anyone.
For the Afghan troops the battlefield has been a harsh taskmaster so far this year.
Even Polish business, usually a harsh critic of the government's statist economic policies, is pleased.
This will place a harsh economic penalty on coal because of its emission number.
As one of Ms Royal's campaign advisers he was a harsh critic of Mr Sarkozy.
Waters' case has placed a harsh light on the Ethics Committee's operations and procedures.
Even United manager Sir Alex Ferguson admitted Spurs had been dealt a harsh blow.
All of this was a harsh test for me and my commitment to my path.
The earnings miss is a harsh one, considering the increased business Expedia saw on its top line.
Mr Anwar's arrest in 1998 was under the Internal Security Act, a harsh, but far blunter, instrument.
He said he had a longstanding hatred of his father, who he described as a harsh disciplinarian.
Moreover, so many people have learned a harsh lesson regarding the fallacy of houses making great investments.
Mackay has been a harsh critic of chief executive Chris Robinson and proposals to sell Tynecastle Stadium.
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The more brown a worm is, the milder the winter, while a blacker worm predicts a harsh season.
Bacteria have been around for 3 billion years--simple, single-cell organisms supremely adapted to survive in a harsh environment.
It is a harsh time, and doubtless all over the Valley and Hollywood people wish Jobs the best.
Rob Earnshaw's 26th-minute penalty proved enough, confidently converted after a harsh handball decision against Estonia captain Alo Barengrub.
It's been a harsh reality for the city that bills itself as the energy capital of the world.
The media created a harsh and flashy image of Erin as unfit to negotiate during the credit crisis.
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The author of a harsh state law against illegal immigrants in Arizona, passed last year, is a Mormon.
The irony, of course, is that Alaskans see themselves as rugged pioneers standing up to a harsh environment.
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This part of Kazakhstan is a harsh pace to live, and his face was worn, dark and lined.
"However, his personality, his methods, have been thrown into a harsh new light by Isaacson's biography, " Kahney told CNN.
But it drew a harsh reaction from the West Oxfordshire Conservative Association, which said it was "shocked and disappointed".
Greece is suffering under a harsh government austerity program and businesses are being crippled by a lack of competitiveness.
As you might expect in such a harsh environment, there is limited population to work in its proposed facility.
These high nature-value farming systems face a harsh choice between abandonment and intensification.
Three years ago they beat back a harsh takeover attempt by Simon Property.
She had been a harsh critic of menthol and other flavorings in cigarettes.
If their party endorsed it, liberals supported even a harsh welfare program, and conservatives supported even a lavish one.
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