Word: draconianism
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...reduce the deficit. Stockman combined an instinctive feel for fiscal policy, an unmatched understanding of budgetary fine print and a sharp sense of legislative tactics. His gutsy advocacy of severe cuts in politically sacred programs, ranging from school lunches to farm subsidies to military pensions, was often labeled draconian and infuriated members of both parties. Also unsettling, particularly to the President, was the blunt and brilliant Budget Director's penchant for candor, which arose from his loyalty to what he considered to be the truth, as embodied in facts and figures, rather than to ideological nostrums...
...rampant illegal file sharing. There is an iTunes service that, while successful, would have been immeasurably more successful had it been activated years earlier—before the spread of illicit services like Kazaa and Limewire. As it turned out, the recording industry was damaged by its own draconian devices...
...assessments before building. Major power plants have long been dismissive of environmental regulations: the China Three Gorges Project Corp., which is responsible for the $5.3 billion Xiluodu Dam, initially defied SEPA's order to stop building on Jan. 18?a breach for which the agency could do nothing more draconian than levy a $24,000 fine...
...making them targets and because their presence there would cast an unwelcome American shadow over the proceedings in the eyes of many Iraqi voters. Iraqi security forces will provide immediate security around most polling stations, with U.S. forces in reserve to deal with any contingencies. The government has adopted draconian measures to create a secure environment, including curfews and banning all unauthorized vehicles from the roads in order to deny insurgents freedom of movement. The borders and Baghdad's airport will also be closed for three days. But in areas where would-be voters are fearful of insurgent attacks...
Friends of Pring-Wilson characterized the six- to eight-year prison sentence handed down yesterday as draconian, while residents of the neighborhood where the fatal stabbing occurred said the defendant got off easy...