Word: draconianism
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...discouraging degree of sameness." Commission investigators have been busy pinpointing the power over TV programming held by what the industry calls "the three men": ABC's Tom Moore, NBC's Bob Kintner, and until last week, CBS's Jim Aubrey. The FCC's Draconian cure: divest the big three of half their prime programming time (7-11 p.m., E.S.T.), hand the task over to sponsors and independents...
...piece is the devoted public prosecutor of Tangier, who presses for the execution of a bank robber, Sean McKenna, as a bonum exemplum of the power of the law even in that North African Gomorrah. Though only an accomplice in the crime, McKenna is condemned under the Draconian local statutes. As the hour of expiation nears, the distaste of prison wardens, lawyers, and even the firing squad grows rapidly...
Morarji Desai, 67, a stern ascetic who was Nehru's Finance Minister and was once a favorite to succeed him, has lost much of his popularity in the past year, largely as a result of his Draconian measures to raise taxes for the defense effort, but could still be the powerful right wing's choice...
...Paris. Through flag-bedecked streets rode De Gaulle in a gilded state carriage. Along the route, crowds chanted "Zindehbad [long live] De Gaulle," which turned out to be a particularly poetic cheer, since the visitor's name sounds like "Two Flowers" in Farsi, the Persian tongue. Ignoring Draconian security measures, Two Flowers moved right into the crowd and shook hundreds of outstretched hands just as if he were at home. He toured the ancient cities of Shiraz, Isfahan and Persepolis, viewed the crown jewels, laid a wreath on the mausoleum of the Shah's father, Reza Shah Pahlevi...
...trained economist, Krag insisted that his Draconian measures are essential; more than any other nation in Europe, Denmark had staked its economic future on joining the Common Market along with Britain. When De Gaulle blackballed Britain's membership, France's President shrewdly promised Denmark immediate admission. Krag's reply was sharp and to the point: "We have no wish to be one of President De Gaulle's pieces in the political chess game with Britain. It is important that we keep our two major customers, Britain and West Germany, inside the same organization. It must...