And they could have given a chance to Greece to recover, but the harsh austerity is killing demand and the Greek economy.
Each bore upon its seat a pillow of snow, softening its harsh austerity.
The masses are fed up with harsh austerity brought on by payment demands on foreign loans.
How long before the markets realise that the kind of austerity they want for Italy will mean no growth and harsh austerity is self defeating?
More cuts are inevitable, though Andrew Benito of Goldman Sachs has warned that harsh austerity will deepen the fall back into recession.
Will stagflation and harsher austerity be survivable?
Ecclesiastical architects appear to have rediscovered the monastic idea, without any of its harsh austerity, that the soul burgeons best when given a little room.
The second Perez administration brought harsh austerity instead.
Is America to be held hostage to its demographic imbalance, preordained to enjoy a profligate era followed by harsh austerity when the baby boomers demand their retirement checks?
Only if people realized the true nature of the problems they faced would they rally around the harsh austerity measures it would take to restore society to its previous affluence.