Word: ironized
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...illegal (and won it on Friday when the girl left the country) who thought she should at least be allowed to finish high school before being deported. Verdonk's policies have made her by far the most divisive minister in the current government and earned her the moniker Iron Rita. While the left abhors her, Verdonk remains a popular favorite on the right. And that's mainly because the inflow of immigrants has slowed under her harsh regimen. The number of asylum seekers to the Netherlands has fallen by more than 80% since 2000; in the last two years...
...with society.” Hall, like Williams, said she too faced extreme culture-shock. “I didn’t know where to live and how to get a job,” Hall said. “I didn’t know how to iron, how to use a microwave, how to pay bills, and how to budget.” The women also shared their experiences in prison. “I was a criminal, and I used to be proud of it,” Williams said of her past...
...IRON LAW?...
...committee report on “The Behavioral Sciences at Harvard” looked in depth at “the iron law of Graustein” and found an environment where “some junior men nourish expectations [of promotion] which have regrettably little chance of being fulfilled...
...name change indicates a deeper policy shift, from “the iron law of Graustein” to a system in which associate professors—who are promoted from their initial assistant professorships, if qualified, after four to six years—are automatically considered for tenure...