Word: heavyhandedness
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Single Vestige. In the end, he betrayed their faith. Despite repeated promises to restore civilian government, he could not bring himself to relax tight control of the press, prohibition of political activity, heavyhanded restriction of assembly, discussion and the press.
It is hardly a democracy in the U.S. sense. As Bolivia's first President after the 1952 revolution that toppled the country's tin-mining aristocracy, Paz organized a heavyhanded political police and created almost a one-party state. He also gave the country its first taste of...
Psycho. Hitchcock's latest, though sometimes heavyhanded, is still a highly effective Grand Guignol show.
Psycho. Hitchcock's latest, though sometimes heavyhanded, is still a murderously magnificent Grand Guignol show.
Unbalanced Ferocity. This year they have made it. As a curt nod to modern times, Schwartzwalder has installed the winged-T. But basically the Syracuse attack is built around an anachronistic, unbalanced single-wing line that double-teams and cross-blocks with old-fashioned ferocity. To get the most out...