Prison conditions have become more brutal.

监狱的条件已经变得更加严酷。

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It is more brutal than that: it is a number.

现实要更为冷酷：它只是一个数字。

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More brutal tactics might have embarrassed him with the swiss .

采用更野蛮的手法可能会使他在瑞士人面前交待不过去。

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Gabisov chided participants for failure to discuss more specific measures, and noted the brutal lengths to which corrupt officials go if they are exposed in the press.

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But the third answer is more brutal: to rig the market in some way.

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The foreign secretary said Mr Cameron would take Britain back to the "meaner and more brutal" Britain of the 1980s.

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The financial crisis might give them an excuse for further delay, making the necessary tax hikes and benefit cuts, when they do come, even more brutal.

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