| 1 | The results are often harsh. | |
| 2 | Straighten out these distortions and the picture is grim. | |
| 3 | Any weapon could stand up to severe weather conditions. | |
| 4 | The harshness of recent reality disentranced him from his idleness. | |
| 5 | All of which only underscores for Israelis the grim logic of developments in the region. |