Word: ruthlessness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...will know how to get the evidence? I can assure you that any abuses will be punished. It is very easy [for people] to make all these accusations and then say that we are afraid to testify. One has to be fair to [the military]. But we can be ruthless and merciless if necessary. We have disciplined more than 3,200 officers and men since...
...rival, the Rev. Ndabaningi Sithole, who finished second to Muzorewa in last April's "majority rule" election. Faced with guerrilla attacks on the outskirts of his capital and the continued exodus of whites, who are fleeing at the rate of 1,000 a month, the bishop explained that "ruthless" action was required. Said he: "We are going to succeed in solving the problems of the country once...
Even old-fashioned Irish republicans were shaken by the young militants' tactics. Bombs were left to explode without warning in restaurants, bars and shopping arcades. The Provos imposed a ruthless discipline in Catholic areas, organizing their own brand of kangaroo-court justice. People who stepped out of line were "kneecapped." By 1972 the Provos' war had entered a crescendo of barbarity. The indiscriminate killings brought bitter condemnation from the Catholic Church and political leaders. But in Ulster's impoverished Catholic enclaves the sight of a British soldier at the end of the street remained a sufficient spur...
...conclusion is evident to anyone who visits the area: the civilians have taken a ruthless beating...
...every Cabinet since independence, stood by Mrs. Gandhi throughout the Emergency, but deserted her at the last moment to help the Janata Party win the 1977 election. Last week she took her revenge by denying her old colleague the support that would have made him Prime Minister. It was ruthless politics, but as her aunt Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit once observed of her niece in office, "She was the only man in the Cabinet...