Word: draconianism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...think the problems in Dunster are sofar-reaching that we need draconian measures,"said Dunster resident Vijay B. Culas '95."[Tutors] should be more pro-active in tellingstudents about the resources that are available...
What do you think of randomization? We think it's Draconian. [Laughter...
Harvard claims to have instituted the first restrictions on faculty-student relations in 1984, followed by the University of Iowa in 1986. But the most draconian proposal was debated at the University of Virginia two years ago, where the faculty considered a total ban on student-teacher liaisons, even if the individuals were from different departments. "The majority of the faculty agreed, but they weren't happy about more rules," says Richard Rorty, a Virginia philosophy professor. In the end Virginia fell into the mainstream and approved rules that simply "discourage" relationships in situations where there could be favoritism...
...example, the bloated, wasteful Pentagon is not considered to be part of "big government." Despite the collapse of the Soviet Union challenge U.S. security, and despite their neo-isolationist stance, Republicans propose a $60 billion dollar increase in defense spending. Ironically, the Food Stamps program may survive draconian reductions since it is considered to benefit farmers and the agricultural industry, not the poor...
...government reluctantly agreed to the first free elections in 29 years of independence, army generals pulled the plug when the F.I.S. won a plurality in the first round of voting. The generals installed a puppet civilian government rather than allow a second-round electoral victory for the fundamentalists, whose draconian vision of an Islamic republic had capitalized on the anger and discontent of millions of the young, poor and unemployed...