Word: draconianism
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...rampaged for four days through Maraş, killing 102 people and injuring nearly 1,000. Additional armored vehicles and paratroops had to be moved in. Finally, an exhausted Premier Bülent Ecevit declared martial law in 13 provinces where clashes also had occurred. Said Ecevit of the draconian measure: "I hope that in a short time we will no longer need...
...cheerful reading. New Government estimates published last week forecast a U.S. inflation rate of more than 7% for 1978 and lower economic expansion than previously expected (see cover). Not only was Congress still stalled on the President's energy package, but the Senate has threatened to block any draconian attempts by the Administration to impose levies or quotas on oil imports. In short, Carter will arrive in Bonn with a somewhat weakened U.S. bargaining hand...
Clearly, the initial effect of Proposition 13 will not be as draconian as some bureaucrats had predicted. But that is only because state revenues have been high, a condition that could change quickly. The slightest business recession could make a similar state bailout of local governments impossible next year. On the other hand, by relieving taxpayers, Proposition 13 could well stimulate enough business growth to generate added tax revenues...
...runs from Arizona to Alaska to Guam-makes uniform procedure difficult to impose and spreads the circuit's 13 judges thin. The Fifth, which covers many Southern states, is the busiest of the circuits, handling almost 30% of all federal appeals. Fifth judges have taken even more draconian time-saving measures than the Second. Under its "summary calendar system," oral argument is eliminated in about half the cases...
...Hanoi's communization program rather than by specifically anti-Chinese discrimination. Already deprived of their shops and goods, the Chinese in Viet Nam are understandably fearful of Hanoi's announced intention to resettle over the next 20 years in uninhabited areas 10 million people from overcrowded cities. An equally draconian resettlement program in Cambodia in 1975 coupled with political reprisals has already cost at least half a million lives. Why has Peking so far refused to accept Hanoi's offer to negotiate the fate of the Chinese in Viet Nam? Some Western observers speculate that Peking may have seized...