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heavy-handed adjective crushing, determined, firm, forceful, forcible, hard, harsh, inflexible, intense, persevering, persistent, persuasive, potent, puissant, resolute, rugged, staunch, steadfast, steady, tenacious, unremitting, unyielding, vigorous See also: uncouth How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| While I remain unsure of what he's trying to get at with all of that, one thing did become clear by ``States of Grace's'' heavy-handedly symbolic ending: Dutcher believes that forgiveness is one of the highest manifestations of divine love. The dominant Japanese understanding of Dulles, for instance, has him as the quintessential Cold War warrior who heavy-handedly locked Japan into America's global struggle against communism. The Bush administration is banking on it as it heavy-handedly attempts to scale back the AIDS infrastructure created through the Ryan White CARE Act. |
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