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So in June, when Alabama passed the nation's most draconian anti-immigration law, it struck many observers as a bit of an overreaction.

Democrats argue, without new tax revenues, draconian spending cuts would be needed to put the United States on a sustainable fiscal path.

The draconian, decades-old state of emergency must be lifted and with it curbs on freedom of speech and assembly.

You were just short of becoming totally enslaved and controlled by a draconian World Government that was to be put in place.

He made his name as an Islamist student leader in the 1970s and was even jailed under the draconian Internal Security Act.

Under Turkey's draconian penal code, anyone who dares to describe the Armenian tragedy as a genocide can end up in jail or even dead.

For a system that was designed to end oppression and dictatorship, a set of draconian laws was enacted in the name of upholding security.

Motivation isn't about setting unrealistic goals and trying to force people to reach those goals through draconian rule.

"It's impossible to see how proposals like these could be implemented in practice unless you get really draconian laws, " Gleeson said.

Some critics accused her work pattern of small, is always a draconian tells the tragic fate of the individual, " " simply obsolete.

It has bent American foreign policy out of shape. It continues to spark calls for ever more draconian security measures at home.

Greece would thus get a modest haircut and a precious grace period that would save it from draconian, unsustainable budget cuts.

Calrissian's life took a major turn when he won the administrator title of Cloud City from its draconian ruler, Baron Raynor.

It would indeed be folly for large chunks of the world economy to embark on an immediate and draconian set of budget cuts.

Some argue that only draconian re- regulation can spare taxpayers from the next crisis. The structure must be changed .

Goldman's problems could make it more difficult to see off such draconian measures.

"Certainly it will be less than ten percent -- this is nothing draconian, " Lundgren said in an interview.

Whether accurate or not, the correction itself should make any draconian measures less likely.

It's hard to see how copyright infringement warrants the same draconian response.

The financial regulation bill now before Congress, similar to an earlier White House design, is hardly draconian .

The best part about this method is that it doesn't seem draconian and all-or-nothing, so those you live with are more likely to accept it.

But who wants to go back to the 1970s, when banking was all but frozen by draconian regulation?

Some of the capital controls of this period were downright draconian in contrast with current practice.

Perhaps that requirement would have been draconian in decades past, when creating models from complex designs was prohibitively expensive.

Religious practice, local customs and educational choices in Xinjiang are controlled by the state to a draconian degree.

So on the face of it, that makes price maximums appear draconian - particularly since market values in China are often far higher.

For the young women I met in Nanjing and Shanghai, even the draconian one-child policy of the last 30 years has an aspect of liberation.

but that does not damage and prejudice to his authority and his draconian.

It also urged state governments, which control policing in India, to scrap draconian laws used by the police to lock up repeat offenders.

"It sounds like the measures are not draconian, " said a senior commodities banker.

Many had been hoping these draconian kickers would act as an incentive for the 12 lawmakers to reach a deal in time for Thanksgiving.

And Mr. Razak's government just passed through a draconian law regulating the export of dual-use technologies to countries like Iran.

The leaders of the euro's core countries have demanded draconian budget cuts as the price of rescue loans to troubled economies.

That's the reason for the increasingly nasty and draconian measures now used to enforce software copyright.

The American State Department's latest human-rights report reads like a menu for draconian rule.

Moving to head off draconian U. S. action, Beijing announced December 12 that it would levy an unspecified tariff on its textile exports.

He stays some deportations even as he extends the draconian 'secure communities'. Will the real president please stand up?

And their response is draconian, and not necessarily the one that's going to get them out of this.

During the 17th and 18th centuries, the British Crown prosecuted hundreds of cases of seditious libel, often imposing draconian penalties.

China's one child policy seems draconian but it was a necessary and foresighted move.

If Democrats and Republicans fail to hash out a compromise on the deficit, draconian spending cuts will follow in 2013.

If the requirements are too draconian, the lower processes become bogged down with process rather than performing their tasks efficiently.

As for allowances, there's nothing wrong with fronting a few weeks' worth; just don't set a Draconian repayment schedule.

On Sunday, an official announced that the draconian emergency law would be repealed.

In a draconian political system, cyberspace offers relatively free spaces for such civil society activities.

They are the same groups who have made treaties with the draconian alliance, exchanging human life for silly military technology.

Rather, he opted for draconian fiscal tightening and radical structural reform as a cure-all for Greece, Ireland and Portugal.

Rick Peters, the prosecuting attorney, never intended for the Chinook Middle School students to receive draconian sentences.

Only 'draconian' measures in recent years have turned that tendency around and put China on the path to a cleaner economy.

By then, the plan prescribes, Greece will implement a draconian list of reforms that will enable it to start paying down debt.

Some argue that only draconian re-regulation can spare taxpayers from the next crisis.

Other emerging nations, meanwhile, are using generous subsidies and draconian price controls to protect their most vulnerable members.

Kramer adopted his own draconian policies at Auschwitz and Belsen and, along with Irma Grese, he terrorized his prisoners without remorse.

" We don't believe you need to do this Draconian amount of training for it to do good, " says Moore.

A better alternative is to give regulators draconian power but over a smaller part of banks' balance-sheets, so that the panic is contained.

Notwithstanding the slightly less draconian terms of Portugal's agreement, it will surely suffer a similar fate.

Consequently, the Legalists designed a series of draconian laws that would make a nation easier to control.

South Dakota recently passed a draconian anti-abortion law on the assumption (or wish) that the new Supreme Court will overrule Roe v.

And the implementation of the draconian law, the law is to restrict the freedom of evil to the tool.

But they are expected to pick any controls carefully, wary of adopting draconian measures that would scare off foreign investors for good.

"The longer this drags on, the less draconian the outcome should be, as long as markets continue to mend, " says one lobbyist.

THE City of London Corporation fears draconian financial reforms that might drive banks and brokers elsewhere.

On June 20th, the main opposition People's Democratic Party launched a fresh round against the army's draconian powers in Kashmir.

Ensuring science is conducted with integrity requires a supportive culture, not draconian rules and sanctions.

Given that, some American and British policymakers are wary of imposing draconian "one size fits all" rules on financial entities.

The busts lead to banking crises and draconian budget cuts that hurt the poor who depend on government programmes.

Sensing the prevailing political winds, some bankers are already moving to forestall draconian new rules.

Now it fears the inclusion of several draconian proposals in the financial-reform bill currently before America's Senate .

So far the European response has been less draconian than many feared.

We also talk about the current education bill and its draconian plans for teachers' search powers.

Healthy economic growth would shrink the debt problem over time, even without draconian belt-tightening.

Nevertheless, there were widespread calls for much more draconian measures.

Ordinary folk who inadvertently stray into the reserved lanes will face draconian fines.

Terrorism has been created to allow for all kinds of draconian laws, and would not exist in a civilization that had found its peace.

So if the old standbys don't carry much impact, the question is, how Draconian should you get?

Being the prime target for popular and political outrage could put Goldman first in line for draconian new regulation.

Mexican gun laws are actually more draconian compared to Taiwanese gun laws, with lengthy prison sentences.

Draconian measures, though, won't work for long unless governments start spending within their means.

Exacerbated by a draconian fiscal austerity, its public debt is heading towards 200 per cent of gross domestic product.

However, sentences, even for nonviolent first-time offenders, can be Draconian.

The approach is expected to net a points deduction and suspended race ban, but not harsher penalties like exclusion or draconian fines.

But question are raised about the validity of the research and the ability to follow a draconian diet.

i hope this summary will help to reassure those who feared that the article 23 proposals would be draconian . they are not.

The dictator took draconian measures against those he suspected of plotting a rebellion.

This is the only sensible solution to the problem besides removing the draconian ban.

in a long time, what I have seen was either weak leaden clouds or frenetic draconian pouring hitting the creations.

For example, Sweden in 1999 are the beginning of the implementation of prohibition of prostitution laws, measures draconian.

Then, during the Games, many residents were forced to change their habits when draconian traffic restrictions were implemented.

It could repeal the draconian powers its forces enjoy and move garrisons from town centres.

It's a Draconian measure, but along with curfews, the injunction has quieted the streets considerably.

It's a Draconian measure, but along with curfews, the injunction has quieted the streets considerably.

In one area famous for its entrepreneurship, draconian cuts prompted local businessmen to protest in front of government offices.

Compared with other countries' anti-piracy laws, SOPA is indeed draconian.

A general strike left much of Spain paralyzed as unions challenged the government's draconian budget cuts and labor market overhaul.

Draconian laws and anything that unfairly restricts your actions will be removed.

In January the government stretched existing draconian rules regulating the printed press to cover the internet, including blog sites.

In the end, the more China struggles to improve its environment, the greater the potential for more draconian measures.

The US has had to act to protect its writers from Britain's draconian libel laws.

Other countries have wildly skewed sex ratios without China's draconian population controls (see chart 1).

This column applauds draconian measures to root out match fixers in any sport, not just soccer.

Stop with all the "Apple's Draconian rules" crap.

There has been an overall growth in population, despite some draconian efforts to contain it.

You mean where the entire draconian army is gathering?

That's perhaps a little more draconian but that's a quick action.

When Arizona passed its draconian anti-immigration law, for example, Mr Perry said this was "not the right direction for Texas" .

Inpractice, though, America is unlikelytoimpose draconian price controls.

Greater prosperity (and some draconian policies) is already leading to sharp falls in fertility.

True, they are still licking their wounds after the recent passage of draconian credit-card reforms.

But the plan would, in fact, have led to draconian rationing.

A draconian legal code; draconian budget cuts.

The legal limits on personal expression are draconian, but not very often invoked.

The government has responded with draconian laws to protect intellectual property.

"O, Draconian devil Oh, lame saint" becomes.

Alternatives such as runaway inflation or Draconian cuts in living standards have major, what shall we say, disadvantages.

These draconian laws chime with the government's general dislike of dissent.

Draconian federal control of local electoral rules was justified in 1965, they say, but not now.

Kapak Lands: Many surviving kapaks have joined their brethren in the draconian nation in Teyr.

China has a draconian one-child policy.

and if that is not draconian enough, there are even some programs that can block internet access altogether (see Technology Quarterly).

Draconian public-emergency regulations have been in force, with few let-ups, since a military coup in December 2006.

And they're taking, I think, some pretty draconian steps. '

Since last year the regime has imposed, then swiftly abandoned, draconian currency reforms.

In Japan, the censorship was more draconian.

If you have a problem with Apple's draconian rules, you should not get one either.

But is this move too draconian, and is it ultimately that productive? Commentators are enjoying the flashiness, at least.

Hong Kong and Singapore are famous for imposing draconian punishments on those who DARE to spit or litter.

draconian: (of a law, punishment, etc. ) extremely harsh and severe

impose such draconian cuts on states and lower-income families

uses a draconian residential permit system