Word: ruthlessness
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...attempt to win support among the often disgruntled natives of Taiwan, who make up 90% of the island's population, he has brought many Taiwanese into positions of responsibility, raising two to major Cabinet posts. He has also permitted a relaxation in the K.M.T.'s ruthless demand of blind obedience. The government these days comes in for lively scolding from youthful and dynamic critics such as Chang Chun-hung, 34, editor of The Intellectual magazine, and Kang Ning-hsiang, 34, a former gas-station attendant elected to the legislative assembly as an independent. But critics can only...
...subjects very sensibly remain wary. "He is secure for now," says a student at the C.A.R.'s only university, which is named, of course, for Bokassa, "but the moment a threat appears to his power, then you will see the old Bokassa once more: cruel, arrogant and ruthless...
...Pearson-as he proudly notes-who first reported such things as General Patton's notorious slapping incident, Richard Nixon's questionable finances (in 1957), and the ruthless tactics of the House Un-American Activities Committee. As, in Pearson's words, "a voice for the voiceless," the column at its best was a kind of national ombudsman, most notably during World War II, when it exposed instances of brass-hat bungling...
...problem of economic efficiency and equality and of industrial peace and industrial production, is, as The New York Times rightly says, one which every industrial nation will have to solve. A Conservative government, if elected, will make great efforts, no doubt, to create economic efficiency in the most ruthless and primitive way, not caring too much about unemployment as long as that does not mean social unrest. In a short-term manner, the problems may be solved--the balance of payments might just come right--but the problems in the long term will be even worse, the inequality and bitterness...
...critics. Since then they have been looting shops owned by those who oppose the Prime Minister. In fear, most businessmen have shuttered up their stores. All but two of the island's 25 hotels have closed, and hundreds of Grenadians have fled to other countries to escape the ruthless secret police...