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That, among other issues, could be a cause to ask the sentencing judge to consider a harsher than normal sentence.

My post seems to have pissed of a lot of Perl fans, and in retrospect I realized that I was harsher on the language than I should have been.

Harsher punishment has been tried, with tough minimum sentences introduced in 1997, but seems to have had little effect.

If the wet spot smells sort of sweet (not like urine, which has the harsher odor of ammonia), it's likely to be amniotic fluid.

The internet environment is harsher than in many western countries, but westerners would be wrong to think that China has no freedom at all.

Sustaining development in a harsher physical environment and a more crowded planet requires a great deal of human ingenuity.

Mr. Priest said the best way to fix copyright problems would be better enforcement, including harsher penalties for perpetrators.

For the most part anything we say on-line is going to be harsher than said in a conversation where a tone can soften a negative comment.

The next day, however, before the US had answered, another, harsher letter arrived from Khrushchev, adding more conditions.

And for exactly that reason, the climate in London was growing harsher.

They are meeting in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday to discuss imposing harsher sanctions against Iran if it does not cooperate.

He dismissed earlier opinion polls carried out this week which said the public demanded harsher conditions in prisons.

Pretty much all the fans agreed with you except their words were a lot harsher.

The U. S. growth is in part a legacy of laws that mandated harsher sentences or abolished parole, keeping convicts in prison into old age.

The company said sales of semiconductors used in cars were expected to face much harsher market conditions.

Draw over several times, applying more at the shadow source and less as you get further from the harsher shadows.

If this is a time of incredible pain and a much harsher society, that was a choice.

She was sometimes uncandid, to put no harsher name to her conduct.

Specifically, demands for ever-harsher austerity, with no offsetting effort to foster growth, have done double damage.

Sadly (but not surprisingly), gaining weight seems to have a harsher impact on women's income than it does on men's.

But the crackdown this year appears to be even harsher in the wake of the pro-democracy uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa.

American banks worry that they will be at a disadvantage, although some of Europe's final rules are set to be harsher.

Our next stop was the valley of Les Baux, where the rock is bauxite, not limestone, and the climate even harsher.

Some states have decided that harsher sex laws are not always better.

Wen Jiabao, the premier, called this week for harsher punishments for illegal polluters, saying water quality laws should be strengthened.

These events had already unpicked the fabric of Norway's supposedly blissful distance from the harsher side of world politics.

With Obama back in the lead, the new, harsher Republican line surprised almost nobody.

Socialist literary critiques of the shortcomings of the American democracy were even harsher than the works already cited.

Beijing is also catching some of the harsher weather, as the temperature continues to drop in the capital city.

The grassy hills we climbed on our way out of Ulan Bator soon gave way to the much harsher, more arid landscape of the Gobi Desert.

Outside the court, hundreds of protesters had gathered calling for a harsher punishment.

In truth, however, these measures would not work and would be much harsher for the people of Greece than the IMF plan.

If someone out there is, please keep talking behind my back because I don't want to hear harsher criticism of myself than my own.

It has resisted calls from other council members for harsher sanctions against Iran's nuclear program.

Granted, the penalties for obscenity can be far harsher: Distribution of obscenity can result in jail time.

His image changed from a harsher god in the earliest of references into a kind, sympathetic and almost Cupid-like god.

The conditions are unlikely to be much harsher than the latest austerity measures, say Greek officials.

Other proposed changes in legislation will mean stricter rules on breeding and harsher punishment against those that break the law.

Wild relatives of crops could be better suited to harsher climes, but efforts to collect and breed such crops are just beginning.

P: well the Olympic marmots inhabit meadows high in the Olympic mountains where the weather conditions are much harsher.

In these harsher circumstances many companies will tone down their loud green initiatives and instead quietly emphasise value for money.

Punishments inflicted by parents on their children for misdeeds were much stricter and harsher, bordering on physical domestic abuse.

It also called for harsher punishment for government officials found protecting food safety violators or accepting bribes from them.

Once there is "switch" requirement, it must be flexible and dynamic, and this requirement is harsher on common mechanical movement.

Defendants benefit by reducing the uncertainty associated with trial and avoiding harsher punishment.

Alas, this isn't a fairy tale; it is a common tale of office romance in which the doling out of prizes goes according to harsher rules.

To discourage smokers, Tokyo has raised the price of cigarettes and attached harsher label warnings on their packaging.

Schools that fail to make progress face severe penalties, like decrease funding. New proposals would make the penalties even harsher.

This is in contrast to harsher anti-immigrant proposals in a bill driven by House Republicans and being discussed this week in Congress.

An ever harsher approach is doing more harm than good, but it is being copied around the world.

Very slowly, particularly in Germany, descendants of culprits began writing harsher accounts.

Everyone is biased in some way or another. I tend to be harsher on things that I'm involved in though.

The tests are expected to last about nine months and will subject the planes to harsher conditions than found in normal flights.

Against their better judgment, they have often compromised on reform plans with European rescuers, who usually push for harsher austerity.

In some industrialized countries, counterfeiting t-shirts receives a harsher punishment than counterfeiting medicines.

An amazing survival story during the Apollo missions to our moon provided evidence that life can endure even harsher conditions.

Harsher jail conditions do nothing to deter prisoners from reoffending.

Plans to combat speeding by imposing harsher punishment have drawn opposition from the commercial sector.

Once lauded for sweeping reforms, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish prime minister, is growing ever harsher.

Consider letting your kid participate in creating her own consequence--they are often much harsher than ones you set.

These remarks indicate that you are ingenuous and unaware of life's harsher realities .

In recent years, fatal car accidents in Chinese cities have triggered a heated public outcry for harsher penalties.

The Agence France-Presse reported harsher punishments, including collective punishment for families of defectors.

So laws get harsher and harsher. But that does not necessarily mean they get better.

With market activity criminalised, punishments got harsher.

Q: Will China adopt harsher countermeasures to express its dissatisfaction over US arms sales to Taiwan?

During the election campaign Mr Erdogan has used much harsher language about the Kurdish party, the BDP.

But the broker may be in line for harsher treatment in the months to come.

Our government should take stronger and harsher measures to combat the littering behavior.

The approach is expected to net a points deduction and suspended race ban, but not harsher penalties like exclusion or draconian fines.

For similar crimes, America imposes much harsher penalties than other rich countries.

Through kisses and harsher means, the Palestinian Authority is seeking to tame the protesters.

But digging into the reasons shines a much harsher light on China's much-hyped markets than on the US bank.

And their efforts to fix matters by demanding ever harsher austerity have played a major role in making the situation worse.

Mr Chirac's two-year sentence was actually harsher than that of the others accused in the trial.

Mr. Hickey favors other bills that propose harsher, more immediate penalties.

The result is a return to the harsher, darker shadows, and effectively disables the scattering.

Without decisive political action the harsher judgment of the markets will be the one that prevails.

The longer she remained in office, the harsher the measures became, and the more rebellious grew the doubters.

or just fail to find their feet in the harsher economic climate outside, many fall by the wayside.

By the end of the century the needs of industry were harsher and more pressing.

The museum does not shy from harsher times in Chinese-American history, such as the violence around the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.

As a result, South Carolina's lawmakers enacted a harsher slave code. This new code severely limited the privileges of slaves.

What keeps the black-tailed deer alive in the harsher seasons of plant decoy and dormancy?

Students tend to be much harsher on each other than faculty.

I am fairly certain no one is a harsher critic of myself or the things I do than I am.

strikes by providers of essential services have a harsher effect on the economy than one at a private firm with competitors.

The government should issue stricter traffic laws and regulations, and impose more severe and harsher penalties on the violators.

In some souls, the note becomes harsher and harsher and finally or submerges the main melody.

The language sounds a little harsher and more strongly emphasized.

Though their northern climate is far harsher than those of other tigers, these animals have some advantages.

The harsher China's tone, the more eager its neighbours are to get closer to the US.

But we can be sure the al-Qaeda leader shares the view that Mr Abdulmutallab should have received harsher treatment.

China mulls harsher penalties for food safety crimes.

America will be judged by its actions, not by its promises, and Obama's ambitious promises of change will make that judgment even harsher.

But these days, public higher education is very much under siege, facing even harsher budget cuts than the rest of the public sector.

We need to glean from them the traits that will enable modern crops to adapt to new, harsher and more demanding situations.

The time has therefore come for harsher measures.

Many types of reduced-fat milk replace the fat with milk solids, including acid-producing lactose, and make a harsher tasting yogurt.

Afshar also said that the troubled economy is prompting a harsher look at visa applicants.

At those banks which got bail outs, the medicine is far harsher.

In the post-crisis world of lackluster global demand, the terrain is harsher.

They will, for instance, be harsher on Israel than America would like.

Its boss gave warning of harsher times ahead.

Justice is harsher in America than in any other rich country.

An LCD screen can also be harsher on the eyes.

At that point, much harsher measures are required to restore debt sustainability.

The government is realizing this and needs to make harsher laws to scare the hackers more.

This is even harsher because India has geographical indications primarily in the field of agriculture and handicrafts .

You have gone through a serious trail of life, which is harsher than any trials of war.

After all, it could be that women value the friendships more, and so are harsher judges when they perceive a betrayal.

Consequences much harsher for women

take stronger and harsher measures