Word: draconianism
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...going to be work to maintain the stream of gifts that we’re used to,” he said, “prudent financial management is absolutely critical so we don’t wind up in a situation where we have to make draconian cuts...
...back-channel trade creates problems for the majors nonetheless. Legitimate albums that make it through the red tape of Beijing's draconian import procedures must vie not only with pirated copies but also with saw-gash versions. "It means we're competing in essence on three fronts," says an executive for a major label, who declined to be named. Michael Jackson's 2001 Invincible album, for example, was imported to China through official channels, after Sony Music removed several tracks with explicit lyrics to appease the Ministry of Culture. After the album flopped, large quantities of unsold European copies turned...
...tapped by the leading Millennium Democratic Party as the candidate to succeed Kim, is committed to engagement. A self-taught lawyer who never attended university, Roh acquired his liberal credentials by defending students and workers on strike who ran foul of the country's draconian national securities law. A card-carrying idealist, he once suggested that U.S. troops be ejected from Korean soil...
...trying to control and block potential candidates’ interaction with the press, the commission’s draconian stance has in effect prevented candidates who do not currently hold council office from freely communicating with the student body. While the effort to confine the actual campaigning to a manageable time frame is a reasonable goal, forcing students to keep their intentions secret before an arbitrary date is ridiculous. In neither federal, state, nor municipal elections are candidates ever barred from announcing their intentions. While it is up to the candidates and their campaigns to make the strategic decisions about...
...services, which were notoriously abusive under longtime dictator Suharto. A Western diplomat in Jakarta says if Megawati were to hand law-enforcement authorities too much power, "moderates of all stripes would make common cause against her out of fear that it marked the beginning of a return to the draconian methods of the Suharto days." Says Wolfowitz: "Americans need to understand we're dealing with a country that only recently became free after 50 years of dictatorship. Indonesians are leery about giving too much authority to the police." Whatever the causes, says Rohan Gunaratna, an expert on al-Qaeda...