1.   Acknowledging the sometimes harsh realities of our own history should not be cause for self-flagellation and blame.

2.   And in that instant the harsh reality of her task hit Isabel like a blow to the head.

3.   Dennis Sherman learned that harsh reality over the winter when he came across two large groups of illegal immigrants atop Mount Laguna.

4.   Faces were stripped of pretence by the pitiless bombardment of harsh reality.

5.   He learned the hard way about the harsh reality of the boxing world.

6.   Millions of people live with the harsh realities of unemployment.

7.   Soldiers now face the harsh reality of their mercy mission in the barren country.

8.   The photographs of black cotton pickers, including young children, are reminders of the harsh reality underlying the glory.

9.   War toys make children less sensitive to the harsh realities of war.

10.   We want to protect our children from the harsh reality of our violent world.