11.   But there was also talk at school and this mother learned a hard truth.

12.   But the hard truth is no one will ever know for sure.

13.   Denverite Jenni Pieratt has words of solace for the communication junkies who are going to panic when they hear the cold hard truth.

14.   For all that, the hard truth is that Colombians cannot expect foreigners to fight their battles for them.

15.   For Dubus, there is no honor in euphemisms or in evasions of hard truth.

16.   Heche has little to do but look determined, while Vaughn is the cynical cool cat who must face the hard truths about his abandoned ambitions.

17.   Historian Gaye LeBaron has pointed out the hard truth that even this newspaper and law enforcement went along with it.

18.   How can you not like a guy like Texas Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock, who tells hard truths plainly?

19.   I realized a hard truth.

20.   I know these are hard truths, but it is time the world began to recognize them as truths.