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At the head of the table, in our great chair, sat Sir William Phips himself, treating these hard-handed men as his brethren, cracking jokes with them, and talking familiarly about old times.

And upon coming to the north, I expected to meet with a rough, hard-handed, and uncultivated population, living in the most Spartan- like simplicity, knowing nothing of the ease, luxury, pomp, and grandeur of southern slaveholders.

However, MbS' hard-handed control over the country's media and opposition means the crown prince faces little domestic pressure to end the war, the paper explained.

Duterte would not in any way influence the narrative and storyline, Njel said, "It's not a propaganda film, it actually tells people to stand united and understand each other's point of view and in a rather hard-handed, spoon-fed way (so people don't get the wrong message).

Pope, whose hard-handed approach makes his spot at No 4 look dubious, was not alone in this recklessness, however, with Root capping a lamentable match with the bat when trying to punch Bumrah off the back foot.

It was of course the ongoing violence perpetrated by individual Palestinians against Israelis and the hard-handed response by Israeli security forces.

Following an opening stand of 131, Kent lost Latham (53) and top-scorer Bell-Drummond (84) in quick succession, both with hard-handed, leadenfooted, back-foot pokes that resulted in catches behind the wicket.

Both will have been disappointed by hard-handed, leadenfooted, back-foot pokes that resulted in catches behind the wicket.

Both will have been disappointed by hard-handed, leaden-footed, back-foot pokes that resulted in catches behind the wicket.

The government's response has always been hard-handed crackdown, which has only pushed more and more sympathizers into Boko Haram's camp.

Public anger has mounted against the hard-handed police force in the run-up to a May 7 general election as Africa's largest economy faces a wave of protests over wages and shoddy public services.