Mr Sarkozy's unsparing criticism of contemporary French policy is not limited to foreign affairs.

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Finally, he admits his human frailty without hesitation, and is unsparing in his emotions.

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But he is generous to the fighting GI, and he is unsparing in his judgments on commanders.

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Mencken understood the American people better than they understood themselves, and he eloquently shared his understanding with unsparing wit.

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Highsmith's books are page-turners of the first order, reflecting Highsmith's unsparing vision of human nature that makes her a ghoulish treat for grownups.

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Jean Rene Atanagana Mballa, Fecafoot's first vice-president, was unsparing in his criticism of referees, saying their corrupt ways had contributed to the poor state of the national championship.

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Republican Party chairman Reince Priebus, who created the task force to dig into the party's woes and offer remedies, called the assessment the most unsparing and comprehensive ever done by a major political party.

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This extraordinary artist, who made her feature debut 53 years ago in another movie with love in the title, "Hiroshima, Mon Amour, " is as unsparing as her director in depicting Anne's decline, though physical insults, and the erosion of identity, are only part of the story.

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