Word: ruthlessness
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Unity was enforced and nationalist ambitions suppressed over the decades with ruthless coercion by the KGB, supplemented by privileges for the local party leaders who carried out Moscow's directives. Under Gorbachev, the use of force inside the Soviet Union was discouraged, and the party's hidebound patronage system came under direct attack. By denouncing the government's "command-administrati ve" methods, Gorbachev hoped to invigorate the system and increase its efficiency...
Another example of Judaism's ruthless treatment of its enemies is the case of the people of Amalek. The Bible records that the nation of Amalek massacred the sick and old among the Israelites when they left Egypt during the Exodus. To punish Amalek, the Israelites were ordered in the book of Exodus to wipe them out. The biblical decree applies even to livestock and to all descendants of Amalek, not just to the actual perpetrators living at the time. Indeed, the commandment to eliminate Amalek from the face of the earth is included among the 613 that Jews...
...President would never have to resort to lame arguments about the standard of living of Americans. He would never have to warn about a possible threat to world security, he would never be mocked for calling Saddam Hussein ruthless. No one would repeat the errors of World War II by arguing that this is a "European problem...
...means certain that will happen, and that is definitely not the message the people of Eastern Europe sent their leaders and the world when they filled the streets with powerful yet peaceful protests. Governments, even ones as ruthless as the now toppled Rumanian regime of Nicolae Ceausescu, realized that they cannot ignore the voices of their citizens. They must now think seriously about the consent of the governed and, mirabile dictu, about getting elected...
During his 18 years as president, Silber has been one of the most controversial figures in the realm of higher education, sometimes seen as a visionary, sometimes as a ruthless autocrat...