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draconian adjective austere, exacting, extreme, formalistic, harsh, inflexible, insensitive, intolerant, precise, punctilious, puritanical, relentless, rigid, rigorous, ruthless, severe, Spartan, stiff, strict, stringent, unbending, uncompassionate, uncompromising Associated concepts: Draconian laws How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| One more reason for pessimism: The first nonviolent drug offenders subject to the mandatory minimum sentences in the draconian Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 will soon complete their terms. And, it will impose draconian fines--including potential criminal penalties--for failure to obey these new lobby restrictions. When an interviewee in Martin Scorsese's documentary miniseries ``The Blues'' had the temerity to use a common schoolyard epithet referring to poop, the FCC leveled a San Mateo PBS member station with a draconian fine on the basis of one viewer complaint. |
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