| 单词 | punishingly |
| 例句 | Shot and edited on VHS tape that seems to have been fermented in a Dumpster, then gnawed by angry raccoons, the characters’ gleeful exploits unspool in freaky — and punishingly repetitive — vignettes. | 'Trash Humpers': Harmony Korine?s Geriatric Delinquents 2010-05-07T00:19:00Z I broke in a pair of punishingly uncomfortable high heels by wearing them with hiking socks and jogging laps around a parking lot. My year without makeup 2013-01-10T01:00:00Z Adam Scott’s Ben Wyatt has combined his two great passions by writing a script for a Cones of Dunshire claymation movie, as “punishingly dense” as the board game inspiring it. Parks and Recreation: was the quarantine reunion episode worth it? 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z But that sound, punishingly strenuous to replicate, isn’t much more than a flashy novelty trick, unless it is driven by a persuasive sense of uncontainable romantic fervor. Music Review: John Lloyd Young Takes ‘Jersey Boys’ Style to Café Carlyle 2014-02-05T22:20:04Z Bridget is ambivalent about having given up the practice of law for motherhood; Mark works punishingly long hours as a web designer; and Julie’s just a cute kid. Anne Rice's 'Prince Lestat,' and More 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Sometimes there is pin-drop silence; sometimes there is Bach; and sometimes there is a punishingly loud electronic drone. Review: A Spanish Stage Provocateur Makes a Blood-Dripping Debut 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z This year’s ceremony, though leaner than previous editions, was still punishingly long thanks to some truly baffling choices by producers. How to make the Oscars great again – a four-point plan 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z But it’s so immersive, psychologically as well as sonically, that even with a yacht’s worth of cameos, the feeling it leaves is both seductive and punishingly solitary. Renewal, the Sensual and Fraught Candor 2010-12-18T07:51:32Z However important the themes, watching one character watch others feels punishingly oppressive. ‘Tape’ Review: That’s (Not) Entertainment 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z With extended, stratospheric passages in the violins, this symphony is a punishingly difficult work, but you’d never have known it from the strings’ command. Review: The New York Philharmonic Highlights Nordic Works 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z “The Opening Act” was filmed within a punishingly dense 19-day shooting schedule and he was in nearly every frame, Yang said. Jimmy O. Yang’s Week: Watching Rom-Coms as ‘Homework’ 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z This being my first visit to a Swiss Alpine Club hut, I didn’t know that reaching them usually means tackling a final, punishingly steep ascent just when you think the end’s in sight. Lockdown escapes: where I’ll visit when this is over 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z We rejected some wines that were overbearingly acidic — punishingly tart and lacking charm. 2016 Dry German Rieslings: Graceful, Resonant, Delicious 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z It was originally presented as the punishingly long second part of a double bill with the snappy “Tahiti.” Cuts, Big and Small, Transform Leonard Bernstein’s Final Opera 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z The change hasn’t happened overnight; the Downtown Alliance has been pushing for revitalization since 1995, when vacancy rates in the area were punishingly high. Manhattan’s Dining Center of Gravity Shifts Downtown 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z But he is also self-deprecating and punishingly self-aware. Tom Hollander Is Starring on Broadway, Poor Guy 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z After Litchfield becomes a for-profit institution, the prison becomes punishingly overcrowded; if you don’t get to the cafeteria early, you don’t get to eat breakfast or lunch at all. “Orange Is the New Black” could help save trans inmate lives: Prisons continue to fail women like Sophia 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z When Ryan Gosling's "Lost River" first screened as part of the Cannes Film Festival nearly a year ago, however, it received a punishingly harsh and dismissive reception. Ryan Gosling rounds 'Lost River,' heads to South by Southwest 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z At a punishingly busy time of the year, reading this book was a pure pleasure. The publishing year 2012 2012-12-21T22:55:02Z The in vitro procedures she has been trying are punishingly expensive, and, just as with an illegal immigrant’s border-crossing grasp at a better life, there is no guarantee of success. Review: ‘American Crime’ Fixes on Migrant Dreamers in the Fields 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Once you get past its punishingly poetic description as a “contextual hotel with a narrative designed through the lens of a unique protagonist,” Life House, which opened in August, is quite cool. 8 New Hotels for Winter Enthusiasts in the U.S. and Europe 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z Safran, who grew up on the Upper East Side and attended the tony and occasionally scandal-centered private school Horace Mann, had a handful of friends who taught at private schools, for punishingly low salaries. New York, ‘Gossip Girl’ Loves You, Again 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z Any healthy frisson between beautiful actors is dampened by punishingly long spells of waiting and the repetition of scenes. Avoid the soup – and don’t glue your eyes together: how to survive a movie shoot 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z The result is a sometimes punishingly theatrical experiment that teeters on the verge of surreality, transfixing us with the promise of something terrible lurking just beyond those ratty curtains. ‘The Wolf Hour’ Review: Panic in the City 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z And “Fight the Power,” a punishingly catchy anti-establishment anthem by the most vocal political hip-hop act of all time, is good theme music for an assault from within. ‘Fight the Power’ Roars Back to Relevance at the Oscars 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z In ninety-five minutes, “Micro” led the audience—sometimes gently, sometimes punishingly—into a strange world where the musical and the human overlapped. Pierre Rigal's Musical Monster 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z Sand whipped punishingly at the characters onscreen, but I felt nothing at all. Watch Movies in 4DX and You’ll Get an Education in Filmmaking 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z The grassland prairie is so punishingly flat, with roads going on forever, it makes sense that the people in town would build their own heights, mountains, overlooks. From Chicago to Mackinac Island, a Tour of Lake Michigan 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z The great and lasting result of her labors is how punishingly she demolishes shoddy claims and biased inferences that have distorted our understanding of Shakespeare’s life. A Scholarly Analysis of Shakespeare’s Life That Reads Like a Detective Story 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z “Particularly crucial is her punishingly physical performance, which underscores that this is very much a story about what some men do to women’s bodies.” Noomi Rapace, the Girl Past the Dragon Tattoo 2011-12-09T21:38:03Z The rest of it is just a punishingly long, endlessly repetitive cycle of people jumping on things and falling off things. Ultimate Beastmaster: has Sly Stallone made the sloppiest gameshow yet? 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z Like her paintings, Madani is at once droll and punishingly serious. The Charming, Disgusting Paintings of Tala Madani 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z Every band signed to local rock and metal label Good to Die is punishingly loud, and Sandrider is no different. Your week in Seattle music: X, The Moondoogies and The Maldives and more 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z Freeway construction in Los Angeles used to be the product of bold, punishingly direct regional planning, for better and quite often for worse. Freeway design is a mash-up on newly expanded 405 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Consider the punishingly sophisticated works in the show by two of today’s most influential photographers, James Welling and Christopher Williams. Art Review: ‘What Is a Photograph?’ Opens at the I.C.P. 2014-01-30T23:57:35Z These details are related in Langdon Hammer’s very fine if punishingly long “James Merrill: Life and Art,” the first biography of this important and complicated American poet. Review: ‘James Merrill: Life and Art,’ a Literary Biography 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z An evening with them is a punishingly loud experience, and in this smaller venue, some of their recordings' subtleties lose out to hard, grinding riffola, but the headbangers have a ball. The Sword – review 2013-01-10T17:16:20Z In sharp contrast to the shiny, CG-enabled visions of so many other sci-fi action films, it's a world of the punishingly real, made up of equal parts dust, metal and blood. 'Mad Max: Fury Road' rules: Keep it real and really wild 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z He moved tentatively into the punishingly difficult German repertoire but became known as one of the great Tristans of operatic history. Jon Vickers, acclaimed Canadian operatic tenor, dies at 88 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z The loans it desperately sought had to be found from private banks, traders, and wealthy individuals, and the interest rates it was obliged to pay were punishingly high. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z And though they’ve eased somewhat, the cost of a vehicle still feels punishingly expensive to many Americans, especially when coupled with now much-higher loan rates. Fixing instead of replacing: Average age of vehicles on US roads hits a record high 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z In punishingly hot and humid conditions, Stirling retired hurt with cramps on day one after reaching 74, but came back to the crease the following morning after Tucker fell. Ireland post highest Test score against Sri Lanka 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Burns avoided punishingly high rates for reasons beyond his politics, Mr. Hughes and those who agree with him argue. America’s Inflation Antihero Gets a Makeover 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z Inflation, which peaked at around 90 percent during the worst of the crisis, remains a punishingly high 59 percent. Sri Lanka Is Calm Again. That Doesn’t Mean Things Are Any Better. 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z It’s enough to make you want to turn on your heater, but the thought of a punishingly high gas bill keeps you from going anywhere near the thermostat. How to beat the Southern California chill without raising the gas bill 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z Trying to create a successful start-up at the best of times is a huge challenge but doing so at a time of war is punishingly difficult. Ukraine war: Trying to run start-ups in a conflict 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z As the annihilation reached its punishingly fevered pitch at a recent screening, the crashes and rumbles and explosions weren’t just deafening, they were palpable to the point that I wondered who was kicking my seat. Review | ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’: Long, loud, eye-popping and forgettable 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z In essence, no spare labor is available, which is why the reduced labor force is subjected to such punishingly short periods of time off and onerous working conditions. Rail strike bill: Both sides do it — wage relentless war against the working class, that is 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z A sizable share of its emissions comes from energy consumption during the country's punishingly hot summers, when temperatures frequently top 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Saudi Arabia has a new green agenda. Cutting oil production isn’t part of it 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z As Russia’s ground war in Ukraine has bogged down, it has kept up a punishingly heavy missile and drone barrage that has destroyed critical civilian infrastructure and killed or wounded many Ukrainian civilians. A U.S.-Made Missile Went Astray in Ukraine, Injuring Civilians 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z On Wall Street, stocks finished higher following more signs the nation’s punishingly high inflation may be falling off faster than expected. Asian shares fall on jitters over missile landing in Poland 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z As a result of the Ukraine war and Western sanctions, China will now be in a position to extract punishingly advantageous energy contracts from Russia, as Moscow loses its biggest energy market in Europe. For Putin and Xi, Ukraine war creates wrinkle in ‘no limits’ friendship 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z Amid punishingly hot conditions, crews scoured the area using helicopters, drones, dogs, electric bikes and other tools. A Ventura hiker left to find help for his heat-stricken girlfriend. He was found dead four days later 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z It’s no wonder you hear about students saddling themselves with debt, or working punishingly long hours while juggling their schoolwork. Column: Will California honor its 150-year-old promise to keep UC affordable? 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z The forecast by economists, if it proves correct, would raise hopes that inflation might have peaked and that the run of punishingly higher prices is beginning to ease slightly. US inflation will likely stay high even as gas prices fall 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z With rising inflation, climbing interest rates and a punishingly hot housing market, the possibility of homeownership has receded even further into the distance for many Californians. Short on Your Down Payment? California’s Surplus Can Help. 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z To beat down punishingly high inflation, central banks are raising interest rates and taking other measures that hurt prices for investments and could slow the economy enough to cause a recession. Asian shares rally after Wall Street logs rare winning week 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z We haven’t even reached the summer, when the weather could become even more punishingly dry and hot and demand for air conditioning places extra stress on the power grid. Extreme drought could cost California half its hydroelectric power this summer 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z A major reason for restraint is households' record high debt levels, which would see interest payments swallow a punishingly large share of income should rates rise so precipitously. Australian banks gravitate to June for rate rise, ultimate peak unclear 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z Trump also has touted his “good relationship” with the Russian president, sowing doubt that America under his leadership would counter Russia as punishingly as the Biden administration has. In one week of war, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine may have veered history in a new direction 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z It was a punishingly cold evening, which seemed even colder thanks to a scattering of fake snow arranged outside the house. Bob Odenkirk’s Long Road to Serious Success 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z Frequently, Echo Summit on Highway 50 and Donner Pass on Interstate 80 become chain-control areas, meaning drivers must get out to put metal chains over two tires, often in punishingly cold conditions. What winter visitors to Lake Tahoe need to know about off-slope safety 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Low-income families faced the specter of punishingly high energy bills if they cranked up the air conditioning. Should California make solar more expensive? Inside the climate justice battle 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, their internal communication took the tone of a lecture on how taking a day off affects others, as if we weren’t the ones who’ve been made punishingly aware of the impacts of an absence. An educator’s plea: Every employee at Seattle Public Schools should substitute teach 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z “Antlers” is such a slow burn that at times it grinds to a halt, the dark and dim cinematography by Florian Hoffmeister almost punishingly creepy. Review: The dark and dreary horror of 'Antlers' is also a downer 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z RE4VR’s combat is tactile and satisfying without being punishingly difficult or complicated. Resident Evil 4 in VR shouldn’t work — but somehow it does 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z About halfway through the story mode, though, Banana Mania became punishingly difficult for me. I’m split by Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z It is rare, however, for so many rookies to be so punishingly awful in so many early appearances. N.F.L. Rookie Quarterbacks Have Been Bad. Can That Change? 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Those who had not left and had nowhere to go now were considering how they would fare during some of the most punishingly hot days of the summer. Louisiana residents who fled before Ida are urged to stay away indefinitely 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z Carey is known for being strong on the vault and completing punishingly difficult tumbling in the floor exercise. Simone Biles told her replacement to ‘have fun,’ and she did 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z The dense work is admirably summarized by Tresch, who calls it "punishingly digressive and lopsided" and "a glorious mess." Edgar Allan Poe’s engagement with American science 2021-07-25T04:00:00Z Many gather instead around the fire engines they drove from out of state, seeking shade from their trucks in punishingly hot Pacific Northwest afternoons. ‘A Recipe for Catastrophic Fire’: How an Oregon Blaze Became the Nation’s Largest 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z His games are punishingly difficult, and depending on your point of view he’s a “player’s designer” who emphasizes difficulty and rewards those who crave a challenge. Nintendo's latest reveal and the hype, storylines and mysteries of E3 2021 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z Aaron Jones, Packers - Tagging runners sometimes seems wise because long-term contracts at such a punishingly physical position aren’t attractive for teams. Playing tag is no kids’ game for NFL teams 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z Aaron Jones, Packers — Tagging runners sometimes seems wise because long-term contracts at such a punishingly physical position aren't attractive for teams. Playing tag is no kids' game for NFL teams 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z Aaron Jones, Packers — Tagging runners sometimes seems wise because long-term contracts at such a punishingly physical position aren’t attractive for teams. Playing tag is no kids’ game for NFL teams 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z Another group discussed the tech industry’s punishingly long hours. China blocks audio app Clubhouse after users seize rare shot at free speech 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z For better or worse, “The Painted Bird” is a punishingly sincere vision, imposing in its single-mindedness and numbing in its effect. World War II is hell (again) in 'The Painted Bird' 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z Instead, the punishingly bleak sequel kills off the original’s main character and turns the secondary hero into a villain. ‘The Last of Us Part II’ Is a Dark Game for a Dark Time 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z Death here can be as swift and shattering as a bullet, as punishingly slow as a prison sentence. Review: Netflix's 'All Day and a Night' is a bruising, empathetic gangland drama 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z It was late July, the hottest weekend of a punishingly hot summer, and the humidity was so thick it felt as if gravity had doubled. The Weirdly Enduring Appeal of Weird Al Yankovic 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z Resistance to working from home stems from a corporate culture that values employees being present in the workplace, often for punishingly long hours, to demonstrate their loyalty. Commuted sentence: Covid-19 spares the Japanese salaryman from ritual exhaustion 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z Back in the lab, Dr. Teets and his team study how the larvae are able to survive such punishingly cold weather. How Does Antarctica’s Only Native Insect Survive Extreme Cold? 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z Juan and Esther may have a fascinatingly novel and multifaceted marriage, but the picture that emerges, courtesy of Juan’s perspective, is almost punishingly one-sided. Review: Carlos Reygadas’ ‘Our Time’ opens up a marriage and finds more beauty than insight 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z States across America are introducing legislation that makes it punishingly hard for low-income citizens to vote, and in particular voters of color. After Mueller, the need for oversight of Trump is as urgent as ever | John Mulholland 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z A few developers enjoy large tax breaks while the vast majority of residents suffer under punishingly high property tax rates. Opinion | Larry Hogan can revive Baltimore, just as his dad revived Prince George’s County 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z Since then, it has become increasingly clear that the waiver criteria as exercised by the administration are punishingly narrow, vague and arbitrary. Opinion | The travel ban is still a weapon in Trump’s anti-immigrant arsenal 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z How can they also keep up with the punishingly long hours and bonding over evening drinks that companies often require of their employees? Why Does Japan Make It So Hard for Working Women to Succeed? 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z The class began at 9 a.m., which the students considered punishingly early, and were required to continue whatever the weather. Dog Walking Is Good for You. Provided You Do It. 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z So, while record-breaking temperatures and raging wildfires in the Northern Hemisphere might lead you to believe the sun is punishingly close right now, remember that it is just the opposite. Never Mind the Summer Heat: Earth Is at Its Greatest Distance From the Sun 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Local media reported the incident soon after MPs passed a law intended to address Japan’s punishingly long working hours. Japanese worker punished for starting lunch three minutes early 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z If it’s anything like Dark Souls, though, expect Sekiro to be punishingly difficult. The 25 best game trailers from E3 2018 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z It's a Catch-22: The only way to save its economy from a panic over the peso is to destroy it with punishingly high interest rates. Analysis | Why America’s 3.9 percent unemployment rate is bad news for Argentina 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z Plus: Summer days watching the Dodgers play at Chavez Ravine can be punishingly hot. Essential California: For police, catching stoned drivers isn't so easy 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z That experience would have left them utterly unprepared for a life in which slave status was inherited, based on ethnicity and punishingly cruel. Opinion | America’s Last Slave Ship, and Slavery’s Stain 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z Unemployment remains punishingly high, especially among the young; corruption is rampant, and terrorist attacks are on the rise. Brutal crackdown has gay and transgender Egyptians asking: Is it time to leave? 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z Dozens of other people die every year from heart failure, strokes and other conditions brought on by punishingly long working hours. Japanese firm fined token sum after woman died from overwork 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z Anyone who has swum a workout at a punishingly fast pace knows how to work and how to rest. Letters of Recommendation: ‘Twin Peaks,’ Screaming Karaoke and More 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Sado’s death is expected to increase pressure on Japanese authorities to address the large number of deaths attributed to the punishingly long hours expected of many employees. Japanese woman 'dies from overwork' after logging 159 hours of overtime in a month 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Though business lending in Africa suffers from punishingly high interest rates, giving Islamic lenders an apparent advantage, they face the same fundamental difficulties as conventional peers. Africa is Islamic banking’s new frontier 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z The first few events were flooded with attendees, and the festival acquired a reputation for punishingly long lines that it has never shaken. From wonton nachos to boba tea in IV-drip bags, 626 Night Market continues to evolve in its sixth year 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z We reviewed the glistening bodies of “Baywatch”; the latest, punishingly bad installment of “Pirates of the Caribbean”; and a four-hour documentary of the Grateful Dead. Manchester, Hillary Clinton, Paris Agreement: Your Evening Briefing 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z Summer movies are here: We watched the glistening bodies of “Baywatch”; the latest, punishingly bad installment of “Pirates of the Caribbean”; and a four-hour documentary of the Grateful Dead. Greg Gianforte, Manchester, Pittsburgh Penguins: Your Friday Briefing 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z Rents are punishingly high in New York, and the cost of moving is staggering. New York City Landlords Are Offering Deals 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z Watching footwork dance battles on YouTube helped explain why the music was so punishingly frenetic: it existed to serve the dancers. “Black Origami”: Jlin’s Moody New Dance Album 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z This, of course, is a remarkably arbitrary streak even by the punishingly low standards of sports punditry. Are the days of the West's MLS dominance over the East finished? 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z Why you should read it: Even by the verbose standards of First Things, this is punishingly long. Burst your bubble: five conservative articles on abortion, guns and Girls 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z Stewart said the cyclone’s glacial pace had created a “battering ram effect,” with some areas enduring the howling winds and drenching rains for a punishingly long time. Powerful cyclone slams into Australia's tropical northeast 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z The bar for this team is punishingly low, but those two geezers should be able to easily jump over it. What to watch in MLS this season: 22 teams, top talent and Tata Martino 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z The centerpiece of the project is a special turbine built by Toshiba and designed for the punishingly high pressure used in the process. Can Carbon Capture Technology Prosper Under Trump? 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z The costs of emissions regulations, which will be paid by everyone, will be punishingly high and will provide no benefits to most people anywhere in the world. The Phony War Against CO2 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z “Let’s get the air and the wind and the trees and the gravel and the tires and just forget about what they say,” Sparling joked punishingly. The Quiet Menace of Kelly Reichardt’s Feminist Westerns 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z When Doyi announces that he’s on the verge of giving up, Snuggles, Tree Frog et al. shower him with extra food, along with tips for slimming down his punishingly heavy pack. The deep, greater meaning of following a trail 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z In the Pyrenees and the Alps, Froome's teammates deployed their strong-arm tactics, riding at the front to set a punishingly fast tempo that prevented Quintana, Bardet and other pure climbers from attacking. No suspense at Tour? Blame Team Sky 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z In the Pyrenees and the Alps, Froome’s teammates deployed their strong-arm tactics, riding at the front to set a punishingly fast tempo that prevented Quintana, Bardet and other pure climbers from attacking. No suspense at Tour? Blame Team Sky 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z Seawatching is sometimes nauseating, often freezing, and almost always punishingly dull. A Voyage to the End of the World 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z The fall in the oil price to levels that are punishingly low for producers is putting up to $88bn of borrowings potentially at risk. Oil and gas producers ‘in distress’ as low oil price pain continues 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z The bogeyman invoked to strike terror in commuters is the specter of punishingly high tolls on Interstate 66 in Northern Virginia — specifically $17 tolls, as scary as any Halloween fright. Virginia Republicans concoct a highway horror story about I-66 tolls 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z The students also campaigned against punishingly high tuition fees and growing income inequality. Japan's student protests: To the barricades in designer gear - BBC News 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z Loans at market prices are punishingly expensive, carrying interest rates around 15% or higher. Find the money 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z "Mad Women" is punishingly dull and apparently aimless, without any real conflict driving the story, just confounding and ridiculous interactions among the characters. 'Mad Women' tests credulity, patience and good taste 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z ATHENS—He brought home a punishingly harsh bailout deal from Europe and was forced to impose tough controls on bank withdrawals, but Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras remains as popular as ever. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras Remains Popular Despite Tough Bailout Deal 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z The forecast for Rome in the first week of July is punishingly hot, up to ninety-five degrees Fahrenheit. A Visit to the Vatican 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z For people who depend on interest income from savings accounts or certificates of deposit, higher rates offer at least a little relief from the punishingly low rates of recent years. Why a higher-rate era may not pain economies and individuals 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z Though Twitter has brought out an accelerating set of improvements over the last year, it remains a punishingly difficult service to get accustomed to and use. For Twitter, Future Means Here and Now 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Some of them, like Quodron, this week’s level 34 boss, are punishingly difficult. 'Prison Of The Elders' Is Everything Great And Terrible About 'Destiny' 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z The genius of Star Trek was that it saw the high stakes and high price and punishingly hard science of a real space program and forgave us all that. Why Leonard Nimoy Mattered 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z Aesthetics aside, township officials hope the developments will deliver substantial revenue to Montclair, which has punishingly high property taxes. Montclair’s City-Suburb Conflict Surfaces in New Developments 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z And though the Afghan forces are holding on, for the most part, they are taking punishingly heavy losses. Taliban Push Into Afghan Districts That U.S. Had Secured 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z They also predicted the rouble would stay under pressure, forcing the central bank to keep punishingly high interest rates until well into 2015. Russia in recession in 2015, ruble to stay pressured: Reuters poll 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z But the nation is kept running by an army of foreigners, many of whom live in dormitories in cramped and insanitary conditions, working punishingly long hours at the mercy of their Qatari employers. Sheikha Mozah: the (un)acceptable face of Qatar’s global expansion 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z But the project is proving how punishingly high and costly are the barriers to entry for products in heavily regulated industries, demanding cutting edge technology and engineering prowess, and facing internationally successful competitors. Can Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' MRJ Regional Jet Lift It To A 'Buy'? 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z For some of us – those on low pay – there is no choice except to work punishingly long days, sometimes at more than one job. It’s Go Home on Time Day – but who will actually manage it? 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z A large piece of the puzzle exists in the manner in which American racetracks operate – which is as punishingly rigorous as anywhere around the world. Scratching the surface: US racing looks to track conditions to lower injury rates 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z The first year of college was punishingly lonely for the young medical student. It's good to talk: China opens up to psychotherapy 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z Payday loans are short-term loans, often available in lower-income areas, that feature punishingly high interest rates and put users on a cycle of heavy indebtedness. Payday loans worry consumers, regulators and lawmakers alike 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z For a purported breakthrough with such grand plans for reshaping the food industry, I found Soylent to be a punishingly boring, joyless product. The Soylent Revolution Will Not Be Pleasurable 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z At first, the smaller workspace felt punishingly cramped. State of the Art: Surviving and Thriving in a One-Monitor World 2014-03-19T17:44:23Z With its cluster of Noma-tinged restaurants, as well as some punishingly Nordic weather of late, New York seems like the perfect place to find out. A Nordic Quest in New York 2014-02-18T21:20:04Z The game is widely loathed, punishingly difficult, and not so very different from countless other forgettable mobile titles. 10 Things You May Not Know About 'Flappy Bird' 2014-02-11T17:15:00Z Knack is a confused mess — theoretically aimed at children, but punishingly difficult even for experienced gamers. At Launch, The PS4 Has A Games Problem 2013-11-14T18:08:00Z For almost all of the last three years of Labor government it had been punishingly high, hollowing out manufacturing and crimping export earnings. Australia's Abbott set to inherit economy others would envy 2013-09-04T21:01:24Z "Rents are now punishingly high, and pre-empt an ever growing proportion of your disposable income." Rent 'unaffordable' in one-third of UK 2013-07-14T23:07:35Z Describing herself as "the steel ball with the marshmallow inside", she was a vulnerable, tough and punishingly honest presence, both natural and engaging. From Viv Richards to, um, Andy Murray 2013-03-01T11:49:51Z Bond investors are demanding punishingly high interest rates from Spain and Italy. A Year Later, S&P Downgrade of US Looks Like a Dud 2012-08-05T13:01:25Z And with the country’s currency, the krona, worth between about 40 and 75 percent of its pre-2008 value, imports are punishingly expensive. Iceland’s Economy Is Mending Amid Europe’s Malaise 2012-07-07T15:27:27Z However, the amount raised will be modest and the price punishingly high as international investors steer clear of Spain, leaving the often troubled domestic banks to buy up the bonds. Spain expected to request bank aid after debt test 2012-06-21T00:04:26Z Today, Sony and many other Japanese manufacturers are pressed on all sides: by rising Asian rivals, a punishingly strong Japanese yen and, in Sony’s case, an astonishing lack of ideas. How Sony Fell Behind in the Tech Parade 2012-04-14T22:04:32Z "The need for immediate action from the new government is pressing, with Spain's bond yields at punishingly high levels," said IHS Global Insight economist Raj Badiani. Spain's new government faces first test 2011-11-22T09:34:08Z But at over 27 percent for two-year paper and 16 percent for the 10-year they are still punishingly high. Analysis: Default needed to lure long-term buyers back to Greece 2011-07-05T14:48:55Z The Greek economy shrank 5.5 percent over the past year under the weight of austerity measures and punishingly high interest rates. How to Save Greece 2011-06-23T03:01:40Z As in the first title, fights are punishingly robust, filled with crunching kicks, punches and elbow smashes. Batman: Arkham City preview 2011-03-02T09:24:00Z It was punishingly competitive: Speed, flexibility, and hardheadedness were required at every turn. Forever 21's Fast (and Loose) Fashion Empire 2011-01-20T22:00:00Z Love and compassion, plus punishingly high expectations: this is how Chua herself was raised. The Roar of the Tiger Mom 2011-01-20T07:00:00Z In the hearing before the Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Chairman Carl Levin punishingly interrogated Goldman traders and top executives over the morality of their actions. In Goldman's Defiance, a Hint of Truce 2010-04-29T15:00:00Z |
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