Voight's comments drew harsh criticism from The Dallas Morning News columnist Rod Dreher, whose article appeared in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune on September 16, 2009.

" Although D ' Este calls Dempsey's comments " excessively harsh " and believes that once the town had been abandoned the Brigade group's eventual withdrawal was inevitable, historians generally support them — some going so far as to suggest that Bucknall threw away the chance to swiftly capture Caen.

After James Monroe's first interview with him on 30 May 1804, "... Monroe reported to his Government that Lord Harrowby's manners were designedly unfriendly ; his reception was rough, his comments on the Senate's habit of mutilating treaties were harsh, his conduct throughout the intervuew was calculated to wound and to irritate.

In November, Kan spoke out forcefully in support of South Korea and in harsh criticism of North Korea in the wake of the latter's bombardment of Yeonpyeong, meanwhile ignoring China's public comments which had not yet included denunciation of the North.

He took ill with consumption in 1768, and destroyed many of his works, partly due to harsh comments by his fellow painter James Nevay.

Luther's harsh comments about the Jews are seen by many as a continuation of medieval Christian antisemitism.

Also, he apparently disliked the harsh winter climate ( to judge by some comments he made in the dedication of his later History of Canada ), and may also have been a factor in his departure which was soon to ensue.

Dutch uncle is a term for a person who issues frank, harsh, and severe comments and criticism to educate, encourage, or admonish someone.

At the time, critics lacked the ability to understand what was happening and made harsh comments about the work.

Stanislaus suffered the unjust treatment with remarkable stoicism and patience, but there came one night when, after having again suffered the harsh comments and blows from his brother, he turned on Paul with the words: " Your rough treatment will end in my going away never to return, and you will have to explain my leaving to our father and mother.

After they were signed to BBC Two, they became the hosts and fashion advisors for five series of the BBC style series What Not to Wear in 2001, where they used their knowledge on fashion and harsh comments to reform the appearances and style of the participants on the show.

Reverend James Freeman Clarke was one of Alcott's few supporters and defended him against the harsh response from Boston periodicals.

The total number of reported stressful events in childhood is higher in those with an adult diagnosis of bipolar spectrum disorder compared to those without, particularly events stemming from a harsh environment rather than from the child's own behavior.

Political parties were banned from the start and the royal dictatorship took on an increasingly harsh character.

From 1999 to 2001, Jane MacNaught was Coronation Street's executive producer, and received harsh criticism from both viewers and critics.

John Kenneth Galbraith, the Canadian-American Harvard University economist, who advised governments of India during the 1950s, an intimate of Nehru who served as the American ambassador from 1961 to 1963, was a particularly harsh critic of Mountbatten in this regard.

Practise then from the start to say to every harsh impression, " You are an impression, and not at all the thing you appear to be.

However, the Gabel was harsh and repressive, breeding much resentment from the Faroese.

A genre known as " chernukha " ( from the Russian word for " black "), including films such as Little Vera, portrayed the harsh realities of Soviet life.

The CCD sensor was shielded from radiation, a particular problem within the harsh Jovian magnetosphere.

By 1651 he had gathered other talented preachers around him and continued to roam the country despite a harsh reception from some listeners, who would whip and beat them to drive them away.

Soon, social and economic differences between Honduras and its regional neighbors exacerbated harsh partisan strife among Central American leaders and brought the collapse of the Federation from 1838 to 1839.

Hasia Diner has accused Peter Novick and Finkelstein of being " harsh critics of American Jewry from the left ," and challenges the notion reflected in their books that American Jews did not begin to commemorate the Holocaust until post 1967.

Ponies of all breeds originally developed mainly from the need for a working animal that could fulfill specific local draft and transportation needs while surviving in harsh environments.

Their independent exhibitions brought them to prominence during the 1870s and 1880s, in spite of harsh opposition from the conventional art community in France.

He contributed two harsh decisions to the Fourth Council of Toledo: Canon 60 calling for the forced removal of Jewish children from the parents and their education by Christians and Canon 65 forbidding Jews and Christians of Jewish origin from holding public office.

Also, the official statistics on Gulag mortality exclude deaths of prisoners taking place shortly after their release but which resulted from the harsh treatment in the camps.

While a group with the same task survived the winter on Spitsbergen, all seven on Jan Mayen died of scurvy or trichinosis ( from eating raw polar bear meat ) combined with the harsh conditions.

Despite this black mark, Tycho also began corresponding with Kepler, starting with a harsh but legitimate critique of Kepler's system ; among a host of objections, Tycho took issue with the use of inaccurate numerical data taken from Copernicus.

" was conceited, not only about his own learning but also about the opinions held of him as commander both by the Galileans and by the Romans ; he was guilty of shocking duplicity at Jotapata, saving himself by sacrifice of his companions ; he was too naive to see how he stood condemned out of his own mouth for his conduct, and yet no words were too harsh when he was blackening his opponents ; and after landing, however involuntarily, in the Roman camp, he turned his captivity to his own advantage, and benefitted for the rest of his days from his change of side.

Rasmussen spent his early years in Greenland among the Kalaallit ( Inuit ) where he learned from an early age to speak the language ( Kalaallisut ), hunt, drive dog sleds and live in harsh Arctic conditions.

In addition, they suffered from diseases, the harsh climate, lack of food and medicine, and poor housing conditions.

When he could no longer delay the negotiations, he withdrew from the talks on 10 February 1918, refusing to sign on Germany's harsh terms.

In the case of Portugal, which a few weeks ago was rumored ready to walk out of the NATO Council should critics of its Angola policy prove harsh, there has been a noticeable relaxation of tension.

However, there were also many harsh critics of others art as well, showing the difference in style and taste amongst different painters.

However, critics of zero tolerance policies believe that such policies neglect investigation on a case-by-case basis and may lead to unreasonably harsh penalties for crimes.

When it was first released, the film received a mixed response and garnered exceptionally harsh reviews from New York critics — Stanley Kauffmann (" the film bloats into sogginess ", The New Republic ); Pauline Kael (" amateurishly crude ", The New Yorker ); and Andrew Sarris — partly because of its directorial style and broad ethnic humor.

Called " Jude the Obscene " by at least one reviewer, Jude the Obscure received a harsh reception from scandalised critics ; it is thought largely for this reason that Hardy made the decision to produce only poetry and drama for his remaining 32 years.

Western swing guitarist Bill Carson was one of the chief critics of the Telecaster, stating that the new design should have individually adjustable bridge saddles, four or five pickups, a vibrato unit that could be used in either direction and return to proper tuning, and a contoured body for enhanced comfort over the slab-body Telecaster's harsh edges.

The special received generally good reviews ( including some from critics that gave them harsh ones earlier ), but due to little promotion, it received low ratings.

The film's controversial subject and the extremely harsh reception by critics effectively destroyed Powell's career as a director in the United Kingdom.

So harsh were the critics that Leno wrote a statement, published in The Era, to defend the show's originality.

The critics ' appraisal of his work is very harsh, with the exception of Emile Verhaeren who writes a commending review.

Although ambitious, critical response was mixed, with some harsh reviews from critics who had in some cases acclaimed their earlier work.

His critics point to harsh treatment of travellers and Roms, and a tendency to control all kinds of voluntary organizations around the city.

Besides critical success, the book sold nearly a million copies at university campuses, where it was used as a history textbook ; critics found it " skeptical, fresh, revisionary, occasionally ironical, without being harsh or merely destructive ".

The Hunger had elaborate photography and sumptuous production design, but it failed to find an audience, received harsh reviews by critics, and had disappointing box office sales ( though it later became a cult favourite ).

Judge Richard Goldstone, writing in The New York Times in October 2011, said of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine that “ It is not a ‘ tribunal .’ The ‘ evidence ’ is going to be one-sided and the members of the ‘ jury ’ are critics whose harsh views of Israel are well known.

A number of them were so harsh, Dylan saw them as personal attacks, particularly those by The Village Voice, which printed four negative reviews by four different critics.

No positive buzz about the film was generated and the critics ' evaluations were harsh.

Perfectionists tend to be harsh critics of themselves when they do not meet the standards they set for themselves.

His score was well received by the critics, but the libretto received some harsh reviews.

More recently, during the 2004 United States presidential campaign, some critics of Kerry have focused current media attention on his participation in those Senate hearings and have alleged that parts of his testimony that day portrayed American war veterans of that era in an unduly harsh light.

The term " torture by proxy " is used by some critics to describe situations in which the U. S. has purportedly transferred suspected terrorists to countries known to employ harsh interrogation techniques that may rise to the level of torture.