Word: draconianism
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...narrow sense, they are correct. Indeed, this conclusion would flow from my general standard of nondiscrimination as described above. But draconian meritocratic standards do not account for past and present bias. Minorities who face the psychological, economic and social barriers of societal bias cannot be held to the Bushies' level-playing-field argument. Thus minority scholarships should be allowed...
...this in a state with only one interstate, no national sports teams and a hog for its university's mascot. And all this during the Reagan years, when federal aid to states and cities was subject to draconian cuts--cuts that made it impossible for most governors to win two terms, let alone five...
...provinces to do their shopping. Annoyed at the sudden influx from neighboring regions, officials in Krasnodar set up customs posts on roads out of the territory and instructed local authorities to search visitors passing and to confiscate meat, butter and other scarce supplies. The government in Moscow ordered the draconian measures to cease...
Democrats called it a tough crime bill, civil libertarians said it was draconian and Republicans said it would make it harder to convict wrongdoers...
Regulators also decreed that buyers of Treasury securities must verify their purchases to prevent Wall Street dealers from misrepresenting the bids and cornering the market. Although such steps were long overdue, they heightened financial firms' fears of draconian new regulations that could hobble the legitimate trading activities that generate much of Wall Street's profit...