Even government officials not normally considered hawkish are speaking out with uncharacteristically harsh ideas.

"For Mayor Giuliani, truth is not a high value," Mr. Hevesi said in an uncharacteristically harsh and personal attack.

Well, almost all of them, she corrected herself, her blue eyes darkening and her mouth setting into an uncharacteristically harsh line.

Her voice, uncharacteristically harsh, echoed through the cold room.

Jaime Laredo was the soloist, and at the start his tone was uncharacteristically harsh and thin.

The uncharacteristically harsh words from the normally calm counselor brought Worf to a halt.

He becomes uncharacteristically harsh towards Marie, feeling despondent at becoming so dependent on her.

He is uncharacteristically harsh and bitter, showing the effect prison has had on him.

To his critics, those uncharacteristically harsh steps looked like a last-ditch effort to appear as a tough man of action.

A1 Mayor Dinkins and unions clashed in uncharacteristically harsh terms as the administration sought to win contract concessions.