Experts say treatment often was and in some cases still is condescending, and at times harsh and punitive.

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In my experience, most companies were sensitive to this issue and demonstrated at least some restraint toward compensation whether motivated by the harsh economic realities in their own companies or by the unseemliness of personally prospering in difficult times.

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That was harsh on the former Manchester United keeper after a performance that kept his team in the tie at times.

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At times the clinical manner in which she dissects her family's failings and pathologies seems a bit harsh.

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