Word: draconian
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Agnew's proposals were not nearly so Draconian, but singled out "a dozen announcers, commentators, executive producers" who control TV news, and superficially he got the number right (see box, page...
...promised to do away with "prestige projects" and suggested that France could not afford De Gaulle's vaunted force de frappe. He also pledged a "profound change" in foreign policy, and to work for a united Europe for the "future of our youth." In domestic affairs, Poher offered "draconian economic measures" to defend the franc, an end to government influence over the state television network, whose propaganda broadcasts had "chloroformed the country," and abolition of the Ministry of Information...
...chief champion in the debate was his erstwhile inquisitor, Brooklyn Democrat Emanuel Celler, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and head of the special investigatory body that aired Powell's linen two years ago. "Any additional punishment would be vindictive," cried Celler. "It would be Draconian." He challenged the House: "He who is without sin in this chamber, let him cast the first stone. Judge not lest you be judged-particularly with reference to dear ones on the payroll." That capacious euphemism stirred many of Celler's colleagues to private ire but public charity...
...exports the country's economic health depends. Yet his somewhat heavy-handed rule has infuriated and alienated Bolivia's students, who occasionally take to the streets in rock-tossing protests against his regime. In Argentina, General Ongania has escaped severe criticism because his military regime's Draconian measures have managed to arrest the country's economic decline, bringing a collective sigh of relief from Argentinians. But pressures may well mount if he persists in his intention to keep the country under military rule for at least ten years. Peruvian Strongman Velasco has so far won wide...
Ohio. Law and order is a big issue in Ohio this year, and it helped send Ohio Attorney General William Saxbe, 52, to the Senate. A moderate Republican, Saxbe used the issue handily against Democratic Opponent John J. Gilligan, who had criticized draconian court handling of Cincinnati rioters. Saxbe also promoted jobs, better education, clean air and water, and "our last Viet...