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While Putin has condemned Soviet-era crimes, authorities typically downplay them and the victims of repression are often given short shrift in history textbooks.

Such questions get distinctly short shrift in the dominant political narratives.

Instead of the typical rock-star tale that relives the glory days and gives short shrift to the rest, the former Black Sabbath frontman chose to lay bare his recent medical struggles in grisly detail.

Loyal to the “war on terror” brand, the American media establishment gave remarkably short shrift to concerns about civilian deaths and suffering.

Baxter firmly believed no presenter was bigger than the programme and gave short shrift to any of them who she felt had fallen below the standards she expected.