The U.S.and Kenyan governments were harshly criticized by human rights groups for the illegal detentions of at least 150 people in 2006-2007 as terrorist suspects.

VOA: standard.2009.05.01

The writer observes that survival is a difficult endeavor and that the world can sometimes seem harshly hostile.

作者发现，人类需要通过努力而生存,但这个世界往往是非常残酷的。

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Their first act of defiance is punished harshly.

他们首次的违背受到了严厉的惩罚。

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Senator McCain,who competed for the White House against then-candidate Obama last year, also harshly criticized the way the Obama administration announced this major policy change.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

President Zardari has been harshly criticized by some within the Pakistani community in Britain, as well as from back home, for taking this trip - especially at a time when Pakistan is experiencing the worst flooding in decades.

VOA: standard.2010.08.06