Word: draconian
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...current strain of swine flu that is spreading across the globe. But they also say the decisions made in the wake of the '76 outbreak - and the public's response to them - provide a cautionary tale for public health officials, who may soon have to consider whether to institute draconian measures to combat the disease. (See pictures of the swine flu outbreak in Mexico...
...water, and that they will need to compromise - a little. In Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, who represents much of Manhattan's armies of financial service workers and is head of the joint economic committee, they have found someone more to their liking. She has moved a bill that is less draconian than Dodd's, allowing rate boosts for existing and future...
...part because Bush avoided dangerous policies like card-check, which President Obama, in the middle of a recession, now foolishly advocates. Finally, the administration’s efforts on climate change resulted in 2006 in the first decline in carbon emissions in a non-recession year since 1990, without draconian or punitive regulations that would weigh down business in today’s economic climate...
...House Committee on Ways and Means relied on a projected $19.53 billion in tax collections, a figure that Wolf said may need to be revised as per capita income drops.Wolf said that her constituents in Cambridge have expressed a preference for tax increases rather than “Draconian cuts in services.”According to Wolf, state lawmakers have been discussing a number of options to raise revenue and minimize the budget cuts, including raising taxes for hotels, restaurants, and telecommunications companies, as well as broad-based income and sales tax increases.—Staff writer Liyun...
...handling it all - right down to the pressure levels of the water pumps. His power reached its zenith when his security forces eventually staged a dramatic rescue of the embassy hostages in 1997. That same year, he insisted to TIME that his counterinsurgency operations had not violated human rights. "Draconian measures were needed here, and I wouldn't agree that Peruvians now demand more flexibility from the judicial system in our fight," he said. "Democratic rules and human rights haven't been set aside in the emergency, though some mistakes were made." (Read "The Trials of Alberto Fujimori...