I don't want to be rude.

Her dress was made of coarse wool.

She tweeted what many people felt yesterday

They were made of rough brown leather.

Liberals are most needed when compromises have to be made, but not nearly as useful when faced with brute force.

Intelligent diplomacy beats brute force every time.

Conservatives, for their part, think of Liberals as combining sanctimoniousness with hard ball electoral tactics.

The damage Bush s self confidence and self delusion has inflicted was magnified by his gross overestimation of America s power.

The problem with rough justice, in the form of revenge, is not that it is immoral.

Liberals are most needed when compromises have to be made, but not nearly as useful when faced with brute force.

I never thought that such a tender girl would become such a rude and arrogant woman.

Soft wool is more expensive than coarse wool and both are superior to synthetics made of nylon.

If leadership could be built on brute force, schoolyard bullies would be class presidents.

Yet, despite all this, Ortega has yet to diminish Lewites s ability to rally the masses. Ortega s display of raw power is thus merely a reminder of his autocratic ways.

The traditional Bangkok elites had always thought of him as an uncouth upstart.

Ortega s display of raw power is thus merely a reminder of his autocratic ways.

China s attempt at capitalism with an iron fist has created a system of gross corruption, with huge disparities in wealth.

Germany is by no means the only sinner here, for US diplomacy over Iraq was often clumsy and bombastic.

Curiously, some officials in Beijing complained about the crude tactics of those sent to run Hong Kong.

She added that it's hard to argue with the side by side comparison of the very gross Asian caricature and the filter's effects.

They need to work together through negotiations to solve problems that simply cannot and should not be solved by brute force.

They were met by brutality and repression by the regime, who naturally support other dictatorships like Syria.

Perhaps that befits creatures whose lives are solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short, to recall Thomas Hobbes description of the state of nature.

The communist Knight, the new caballero de la triste figura, a kind of enlightened idiot, blinded by his loyalty to the unreal and by his harsh political correctness, considers Lenin a new Moses.

What is needed is to find a less belligerent, more liberal way to promote democracy, stressing international cooperation instead of blunt military force.

Considering the apparent progress made by democracy in the region since the 1990 s, this assessment may seem a little harsh.

The only way to grapple with these problems is through cooperation with others, and that requires the soft power of attraction as well as the hard power of coercion.

In Moscow, after this luxurious course of Petersburg life, he experienced for the first time the delight of intimacy with a sweet, innocent Society girl who fell in love with him.

A rough number for the loss in China's competitiveness in Asia is 10 to 15 by no means negligible, but not devastating either.

Fiji gave a masterclass in handling, off loading, side stepping, support play, running lines and brute strength to win gold their first Olympic medal of any colour.

Years later, the canvas made by las arpilleras has appeared in museums around the world as a document of life, abuse and torture in Chile under dictatorship.

But Japan s long floundering economy has eaten revenue from traditional activities that required muscle, such as gambling, prostitution, and loan sharking.

Tolerance is seen as weak and elitist, typical of people who live far removed from the harsh realities of the street, where violent and unruly foreigners menace upstanding Dutch folks.

Charlie Hebdo the last vestige of a bawdy and somewhat savage nineteenth century French tradition of outrageous caricature of religious and political figures may well be an ideal icon of free expression.

As a result, unlike France, Great Britain, or the United States, which legitimized their foreign policy in terms of a civilizing mission, Germany understood its power in terms of raw military force.

Again she remembered what the young woman had said. Again the recollection was repulsive to her, but she could not help admitting that there was a measure of crude truth in the words.

After decades of cynical and often secret interventions by the US, Britain, France, Russia, and other outside powers, the region s political institutions are based largely on corruption, sectarian politics, and brute force.

Gregory VII replied with a rough letter, dated 8 December 1075, in which, among other charges, he accused the German king of breaching his word and with his continued support of excommunicated councilors.

Many Chileans are upset at this show of brute force against students asking for necessary changes in their educational system, made even more relevant as the London Riots make people rethink youth unemployment and education.

Russia has reminded the world that it is possible to bully one s neighbors and steal their territory using brute force but, in a globalized, multi polar system, this alone will not be enough to rally other countries to its cause.

Instead, many fear that what has happened in the past will happen again secret negotiations, arm twisting, and the display of brute economic power by the US and Europe and by special interests in the advanced countries aimed at ensuring that the interests of the rich are protected.

No one else in his place, having to deal with such despair, would have permitted himself to smile, for a smile would have appeared callous. But in his smile there was so much kindness and almost feminine tenderness that it was not offensive, but soothing and pacifying.