Word: draconianism
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...junta has also moved vigorously in the economic sector, which Allende left a shambles. Draconian measures such as the summary execution of black marketeers, an across-the-board freeze on wages and the drastic devaluation of the escudo have stabilized prices. Under Allende, inflation had risen more than 300%. The lucrative copper mines, which were plagued with labor strife, are functioning smoothly again. The junta has also announced its interest in negotiating with foreigners to lure badly needed investments to the country. Striking truckers are back at work, and food and other staples are beginning to flow into the major...
...three gay bars, says, for example, that the patrons of his Boot Camp bar can take good care of themselves. Moreover, many of the city's affluent gays do not like the idea of hard-eyed homosexual toughs causing commotion in the streets. But Ray insists that his Draconian measures are necessary. "Middle America has always had a little tinge of homophobia," he says. "But I've had it up to here. All this queer bashing has simply got to stop...
...closed at 947; three times, turnover on the New York Stock Exchange topped 20 million shares a day. The rising prices and volume may have generated enough commission income to enable the brokerage industry to earn a profit in September after eight months of net losses that have caused draconian staff and salary cuts...
Times change, however, and leaders of the American Indian Movement now condemn use of the word savage as "racism and prejudice." They want the obelisk destroyed. Governor Bruce King agreed with their sentiments but not with their draconian solution, so he suggested substituting fierce for savage...
...Papadopoulos regime, however, is unlikely to grant enough political freedom to give its opponents much opportunity to bother it. The new constitution gives Papadopoulos dictatorial powers, including the right to impose martial law for up to three months. Also still on the books are draconian penalties for what is vaguely called "sedition," and laws for press censorship and the drafting of activist students, 120 of whom have recently been called up. Said exiled Publisher Helen Vlachos in London: "They can amnesty me 100 times. I don't amnesty them. Vultures do not become vegetarians in 24 hours...