Marcia Fritz, president of the California Foundation for Fiscal Responsibility, was not quite as scathing.

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The Bundesbank's report, likely to be issued in April, a few weeks before euro-participants are chosen, will not be as scathing as Mr Jochimsen has been.

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The synopsis of "You Are Not Special" may seem scathing, but I found the speech to be quite uplifting, and I shared it with my son.

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But his speech prompted a barrage of scathing criticism, not least from Lebanon's prime minister, Fouad Siniora, with numerous commentators noting that while Syria arms and lauds Hizbullah, its own border with Israel has been dead quiet since 1974.

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Tory peer Lord Tebbit - not known for mincing his words - was even more scathing.

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The 64-year-old Victorian, who made more than 2, 800 Test runs, is scathing in his assessment of Twenty20 cricket and does not see it enjoying sustained success.

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Reynolds and Shaywitz (2009) provides quite a scathing critique of RtI, particularly in saying there is not a lot of evidence to match the enthusiasm for RtI in terms of research support for RtI, ease of implementation, breadth of applications in the schools, and the ability of the RtI model to benefit children with learning disabilities.

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He told Cyclingnews the program should be run by the World Anti-Doping Agency and not the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, the body which produced a scathing report detailing systematic doping by Armstrong and his teams.

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