1.   The harsher conditions attaching to the receipt of unemployment benefit affect all claimants, but the consequences for women are particularly unfortunate.

2.   A pattern like the current one would have produced much harsher conditions had it occurred in mid-winter instead of late autumn.

3.   A washing machine, with its hot soapy water, presents far harsher conditions.

4.   A. Flowers close at night for a variety of reasons, but usually to protect themselves from the harsher environmental conditions they face after sunset.

5.   Solomon and Huntford agree that Amundsen, with a less complete understanding of Antarctic meteorology, prepared for harsher conditions than Scott.

6.   When reporters asked him about his health, he said he began a hunger strike Sunday to protest harsher conditions of imprisonment.

7.   Forces loyal to the Kabul government imposed even harsher conditions for a halt to hostilities.

8.   Islamist prisoners suffer harsher conditions than those convicted of common crimes, being denied the right to receive visitors or communicate with relatives, HRCAP investigator Ihab Sallam said.