61.   Nevertheless, he said, the harsh reality from September and October is that lost business is gone forever.

62.   None of the leading princes wants to face up to the harsh economic reality that low oil prices over the medium term mean for Saudi Arabia.

63.   Not long after his inauguration, Mayor Michael Bloomberg made it clear that a harsh new fiscal reality might mean, at the very least, postponing that plan.

64.   Not only are many companies facing some harsh realities, but their employees are being hurt because many are remunerated through stocks and options.

65.   Of course, harsh political reality still intrudes.

66.   On the other side of the docket are the dot-com dreamers, most of whom are facing the harsh reality of insolvency.

67.   Others who are retired and whose incomes are dependent on investments in the stock market, face the harsh reality of reduced income.

68.   Political fireworks, such as dismissing the government, may deflect the attention from this harsh reality, but it also wastes invaluable time.

69.   Psychologists warn that expectations roused by its warm image so often clash with the harsh reality of life that depression is widespread.

70.   Rappers are seen as ghetto griots, bearing witness to the harsh realities of inner-city life.