The result was not known at that point but that sealed it although 29-12 was too harsh a scoreline.
Moreover, it could cast as harsh a light on the justifications for continuing the war as the missing WMDs threw on the justifications for starting it.
In the very short run it might even sell government securities, but open market sales and money shrinkage would be too harsh a medicine to go on for very long.
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But was that too harsh a penalty for Williamson?
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Stung by the reaction of the public, and their own moral outrage at GOP Gov. Jan Brewer and her allies for engaging in so harsh a budget solution, Democratic members of the Arizona legislature appealed to the governor to call a special session of the legislature to reinstate the medical transplant program.
Nine years seems rather a harsh penalty for a crime that did not itself harm anyone.
But a recent court ruling throwing out a larceny case against a Bronx woman cast a harsh light on a tactic critics say too often sweeps up innocent people.
But it seems a mite harsh to ridicule a Japanese hotel in Holland for failing to produce a definitive version of this American offering.
"I think it was a bit harsh and not a fair reflection but we've nothing to be ashamed about with this defeat, " said the Frenchman.
After all, to relinquish in perpetuity all rights pertaining to the use of the names, images and likenesses in ways including TV contracts, rebroadcasts of games, and video game, jersey and other apparel sales is a pretty harsh ask of a young kid.
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If there is a one percent chance of getting caught, are even harsh penalties a real deterrent?
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One is up in the high Meseta of central Spain, at 1, 000m or more, with a very harsh climate and the other is in the mountains of Granada - again in a very harsh environment.
Schlupp's fine 88th-minute turn and finish and Dyer's low injury-time shot which went straight through Frank Fielding was perhaps harsh on a Derby side who controlled possession for large spells of the second period.
If their party endorsed it, liberals supported even a harsh welfare program, and conservatives supported even a lavish one.
Fravel concedes that the financial collapse of 2008 was a harsh blow to horse racing which, from a horse-buying perspective, is a luxury.
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The film tells the story of two adolescent boys who are subjected to a harsh regime when their strict father returns after a 10-year absence.
Greece is suffering under a harsh government austerity program and businesses are being crippled by a lack of competitiveness.
Representatives from credit agencies said that the changes would have had a harsh impact on Enron's rating and, as a result, its access to financing.
The Reverend evoked a harsh God, who turned Lot's wife into a pillar of salt, and condemned the Children of Israel, who gave their golden earrings to Aaron to fashion Baal, the false god.
"We believe this is a harsh penalty and an overreaction, " said Jeanne Oterson, a spokeswoman for the Health Professionals and Allied Employees union.
At the heart of the Democrats' plan are an income tax surcharge that will fall heavily on entrepreneurs who run small businesses and a harsh mandate that requires employers to provide health care or face a penalty -- a mandate that could eviscerate ERISA by persuading employers to stop offering health care benefits to their employees.
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New director awards went to Canada's Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais for his dark comedy, Whitewash about a man trying to survive a harsh Canadian winter, and American Sean Dunne for Oxyana, set in a rural coal mining town riddled with an addiction to pain relief medication.
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The author of a harsh state law against illegal immigrants in Arizona, passed last year, is a Mormon.
The visitors' response was to throw in a series of harsh challenges that earned them a rash of three yellow cards in 15 minutes.
Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee and a harsh Gonzales critic, said he doesn't support Schumer's request for a special prosecutor.
That seemed a little harsh, although it might still be a fair hedge for bets on other teams.
Mr McKeever has been a harsh critic of Home Secretary Theresa May who he described as being "on the precipice of destroying" a police service admired throughout the world.
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Last year, the game industry faced a harsh economy and increased scrutiny as the U.S. Supreme Court decided to formally consider the legality of a California law restricting the sales of violent video games.
In the first few weeks of 2004, the BBC will bring us England Expects - a harsh drama about the far right with Steven Mackintosh (of Care, the 2000 drama about child abuse) in a typically strong role.
Quins hit back with a somewhat harsh penalty try awarded against Leicester for collapsing a driven maul from a lineout.
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