Word: draconian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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According the commission's rules, candidates who exceed their spending limits will be expelled from the race. Before reversing himself yesterday, Levy had said he felt such punishment would be draconian, and the commission decided not to remove the Driskell/Burton ticket from the race...
...have violated the law, then what? Klein and his troops are scrupulously avoiding talking about a remedy (though they've had experts on retainer for months sorting through the options). The gamut of possible outcomes runs from a mild go-forth-and-sin-no-more to the truly Draconian stuff: forcing Microsoft to share its Windows source code with its competitors or carving up the company into the so-called Baby Bills (see chart). A judge's findings of fact are often a good indication of how far he's willing to go. It's like looking at a construction...
...Mark and Ray themselves say the provisions under which they were prosecuted are far too vague and far too draconian for them to be given a fair trial," she said...
...gong--this year it is tiny white stickers. The interhouse brouhaha is back, and once again our friends in Adams House are the culprits behind the uproar. Earlier this month, the Adams House Committee labeled all resident I.D. cards in order to facilitate the enforcement of draconian interhouse restrictions. The result has been an overflow into Quincy House that has flooded both Lowell and Leverett dining halls as well...
...This fight is not just for me. I want this law overturned not just for my and Ray's case," he said. "The law is too wide to be realistic in any civilized constitution. It is draconian...