Word: draconian
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...also wants to put a fresher face on it. For all his right-wing reputation, Bush displayed a savvy dose of compassionate conservatism as governor, especially on issues like offshore drilling (he opposed his brother's attempts to revive it in Florida waters) and immigration. (The GOP's draconian anti-immigrant stand, in fact, is one of the reasons Martinez, the Senate's first Cuban American, felt he was in an uphill battle in the long run.) In a recent Politico.com interview, Bush, who is married to a Mexican and counts Florida's Latinos as a large part...
...prominent smokers, and angry housewives are armed with kitchen knives for those who refuse to stop smoking “despite repeated requests.” The repression of smokers and, transitively, the repression of dissenting individuals in society is ultimately shown to have terrible consequences.The toll of this draconian suppression of the human spirit can be seen in the growing indifference of Tsutsui’s characters. In “Hello, Hello, Hello!” a “Household Economy Consultant” shows up at the narrator’s door, reminding the narrator...
...told the City Council in a roundtable meeting last night. The state announced last week that it would not provide $55 million that the Alliance had been expecting in state revenue for the current fiscal year. “With two thirds of the year remaining, it will require draconian measures to meet this,” City Manager Robert W. Healy said. At the meeting, Keefe explained that it would be impossible for CHA to absorb such extensive budget cuts—equivalent to about 20 percent of CHA’s annual revenue—for the current...
...reiterated to the Patrick administration, and intend to tell the Legislative leaders, that cuts of this magnitude will require a draconian response,” Keefe wrote. “Exactly what measures we will take in the face of this upsetting development are still being considered but we cannot wait long before we must...
...harm on anyone else,” said Harvard Law School professor Charles R. Nesson ’60, who in the past has admitted that he often smokes marijuana before classes. “Legally, I think it’s a very good idea [to] moderate the Draconian application of drug laws.” Earlier this year, Nesson mounted a legal challenge to Massachusetts’ drug laws, arguing that criminalizing marijuana has no “rational basis.” Economics professor Jeffrey A. Miron, who has devoted much of his scholarship to advocating...