Word: draconian
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...essential monotheism. Wahhab's list of corruptions was sweeping; it included Shi'ism, the faith's minority strain, and Sufism, its mystical tradition. He discarded most of the interpretations of Islam's four great legal schools in favor of an exceedingly literal reading of punctilious ritual and enforcement by draconian punishment...
...there's still music and still musicians. Here's a better plan: There are 45 million file-sharers in the US. Why don't we elect some legislators who aren't bought by big business and get them to rewrite IP and patent laws to something a little less draconian? Josh Block Boulder, Colo...
Arrests of U.S.-Mexico border smugglers are up some 40% this year, but prosecutors concede they are still looking for the big bosses. With this in mind, U.S. and Mexican officials have begun applying anti-racketeering laws to coyotes, and the Mexican Congress is expected to pass more draconian laws this year against people smuggling. In a sign that the courts may be getting tougher, a U.S. federal judge recently sentenced convicted coyote kingpin Ruben Patrick Valdes to an unprecedented 27 years in prison...
...should know. I was on the Drafting Committee of the Basic Law in the late 1980s and fought?in vain?the introduction of potentially Draconian clauses, including Article 23. While the Basic Law was still being drawn up, the Tiananmen massacre took place. It was a time when Beijing's leaders were not even sure about their own future. They were fearful that Hong Kong?where more than a million people took to the streets in the runup to the June 4, 1989, killings?would become a center for subversion. So in the second draft of the Basic Law, they...
Lewis’ deanship, though, was anything but calm. Soon after taking office, he oversaw the consolidation of the Phillips Brooks House, angering many in Harvard’s social services community with his autocratic management style and draconian reforms. Lewis was the driving force behind the randomization of upper class housing, a move which has won plaudits from many, but which Lewis himself has said he suspects would be instantly overturned in a student referendum. Many of Lewis’ more minor reforms have also aroused the ire of the student body, most recently the ban on kegs...