The Egyptian Crucible

I hope he gets the maximum possible penalty.

Tom had a pretty rough childhood.

Kitty glanced at her sister, but the cold and rather severe expression of her face did not change.

The judge made no bones about his disgust with the accused's actions and handed down the severest sentence possible.

Those who attempt to change the way China is governed will be dealt with harshly, their names and fates remaining anonymous.

His father worried police s punishment on Hou was too harsh and would affect his joining into the army.

The first results to be counted were for Kenya s parliament, with Kibaki s government ministers roundly defeated in their local constituencies.

This would hurt and weaken Saddam, and establish unmistakably the message that defiance of the UN carries severe penalties.

Indeed, Tunisia is a stern test of the EU s Mediterranean partnership a long promoted policy that so far consists of little more than empty phrases.

For this, she was sentenced to 35 years of prison, the longest sentenced ever imposed on a leaker of classified information, and longer than the sentence imposed on most convicted terrorists.

Climate shocks such as the fierce El Nino of 1997 98 played a major role in recent economic upheavals.

On one side is a social democratic vision, which basically favors the market economy but seeks to alleviateits harsher effects on the other side stands a radical vision that extols a revolutionary break with capitalism.

To gain the Cuban vote in Florida, American politicians are tough on Fidel Castro to secure Jewish votes in New York, they are soft on Israel.

Not only is he facing a nine month custodial sentence for reporting on issues of public interest, but there is no demonstrated legitimate reason why for authorities to seek such a harsh penalty.

The dark browed, dark haired, rosy little girl, with her firm ruddy little body covered with goose flesh, pleased Dolly very much, despite the severe expression with which she regarded the new visitor she even felt a little envious of the child's healthy appearance.

The giant skeleton of a whale possibly Leviathan itself is beached on the shoreline, along with the carcasses of old boats, beneath a severe gray sky that frames a human landscape of political abuse, adultery, lawlessness, and the cynicism of all powerful priests.

After the long and painful campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, I understand every impulse to stay clear of the turmoil, to watch but not to intervene, to ratchet up language but not to engage in the hard, even harsh business of changing reality on the ground.

However, Bourguiba and his successor Ben Ali (now deposed) have been criticized for being too harsh not only on political Islamist parties and leaders, but also on ordinary Tunisians who wanted to freely practice a number of religious activities.

The severe verdict of four and a half years in prison, given by the Tel Aviv district court to Anat Kamm is a harsh blow to the 24 year old whistleblower, and a calming pill to many of the public who followed the evolution of this story since April 2010.

Minh Man was sentenced under Article 79(1) of the Criminal Code as an active participant in committing criminal activities aimed at overthrowing the people s administration and therefore received a much higher penalty than many of her co defendants.