Word: draconianism
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...effective program to fight climate change need not involve huge increases in energy prices or draconian rules that choke industries at the smokestacks. The emphasis could be on introducing new technologies that would make conservation not only easier but also economical, if not profitable. The report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recommends a range of new devices, including hybrid gas-electric cars that run half the time on a traditional internal-combustion engine and the rest of the time on batteries, boosting gas mileage considerably. (This technology could even be put into SUVs.) Also promising is the combined...
...reek of burning carcasses. Prime Minister Tony Blair had hoped to hold local and national elections May 3, but he risks incurring the wrath of rural voters if he lets the ballot go ahead while a highly infectious disease restricts the movement of people as well as livestock. Draconian slaughter, perhaps, could contain and defeat the infection before May. But Labour's strength among rural voters, never great, had diminished over the party's drive to ban fox hunting and will plummet further with the cull. "There will be many tears in the British countryside today," said Ben Gill, president...
...Seeking to curb the epidemic and restore consumer confidence, the E.U. has adopted a series of draconian measures. Among the requirements: all untested cattle older than 30 months must be purchased and destroyed; high-risk materials like brains, spinal matter and tonsils must be eliminated from the food chain; and animal feed containing meat and bone meal, widely suspected of spreading the infection, must be banned and existing stocks destroyed...
...tucked in. "When one of our teenagers comes in looking like Britney Spears, they carry with them an attitude," says Sushko, who began the year by issuing as many as 40 citations a day for inappropriate dress. Tonya's mother Michelle Steed thinks the school's approach is draconian. "Tonya is making an attempt to go to school, and it's like they are trying to deter her by checking her every day," she says...
...forget the students for a minute, for whom this draconian punishment is intended. There are thousands of alumni who want to see this game and tailgate before it. They should have the ability to do this, and do so with kegs if they desire. Essentially, what I gather from this is that Harvard is too lazy to find a solution in which people can still maintain their free choice. That is sad. The choice to drink from kegs should be made by individuals, not an institution. But it seems Harvard sees it another...