Sentences with phrase «through draconian»

The Obama administration and the proponents of «global governance» hope to push through their draconian plans before more Americans awaken to the fact that it is the proposed climate «solutions» we should fear, rather than the non-existent global warming «crisis.»

It was only through the draconian measures of Nintendo's Seal of Quality that the industry was saved.

And there's also a strong vein of how Hollywood codified queer culture during the height of McCarthyism and the cultural conservatism enforced through draconian production codes.

He said Trump will try to divide the Democrats to force through a draconian anti-immigration reform plan that includes funding for a wall at the Mexican border, an end to a diversity visa lottery that brings in people from around the world and a curtailing of family reunification efforts, which Trump calls «chain migration.»

Harper was forcing through a draconian bill upping the sanctions on employers who hired people without checking their papers when he realised he might be included in that category himself.

«When workers jump through the draconian hurdles required for their vote for strike action to be lawful employers can ignore the will of their own workers,» he said.

He said: «When workers jump through draconian hurdles for their vote for strike action to be lawful, the employers can then ignore the will of their own workers.

In 2010 he announced that the main priority of the coalition was to eliminate the public deficit by 2015 and that this would be achieved through a draconian programme of public spending cuts.

Not exact matches

On the other hand, re-education through labour (RETL)(laojiao (劳教)-RRB-, a draconian detention programme, has long been a focal point for critics of China's human rights record, whereby China's police can sentence an individual to three years (with a possible 4th year extension) in a labour camp without a trial

With a chastened Home Office now likely to take a more liberal approach to immigration, it is inconceivable that the new secretary of state could follow through with original leaked plans for an even more draconian border policy in future.

But this is one of the rare instances, like the Gurkhas, where a draconian immigration policy could be overturned through public and media support.

So now the cap has been put in place, and many municipalities and schools are staying within the cap, but schools are burning through their reserves, and I don't think they can continue this much longer before they have to go through another round of Draconian cutbacks, layoffs and loss of service.

As a result, regulators with Draconian powers have been called upon to provide artificial competition and to control profits through the imposition of special «targets», which probably provide more distortion in the marketplace than ever before.

Ms. Rhee, one of the most polarizing figures in public education, resigned as chancellor after Mayor Adrian M. Fenty lost Washington's 2010 Democratic primary, a defeat that political analysts said was, in part, fallout from the draconian school policies that Mr. Fenty and Ms. Rhee carried out from 2007 through 2010.

Some states have foregone the NCLB waiver (e.g. Vermont, Washington), choosing instead to absorb the draconian NCLB consequences in order to spare their opportunity to chart their own course through a compelling vision for learning in their states.

I wish we could all deprive the government of the income which they require through their total mismanagement of the state purse, however they would only find another avenue with which to deprive us of our hard earned salaries, and so it would continue, Draconian punishments by idiots who can not find an alternative solution.

All eBook readers will come with heavy and draconian DRM (as mandated by the book agency) until one vendor (also with heavy and draconian DRM) significantly corners the market through a beautifully easy to use device, tied in store and large volume of works.

(through drastic slashing of manufacturing technologies, draconian cap and trade taxation, repossession of private property, and a whole host of other proceedures of questionable value), and on the other, you have the alternative medicine quack that says «The pain is all in your mind» (EG, the non-scientists that say that human released carbon dioxide has no impact on the environment whatsoever, in spite of the fact that this is not supported by even the slightest bit of chemical evidence.)

Victories were seen on four continents: in Bolivia a draconian response to protestors embarrassed the government, causing them to drop plans to build a road through Tipnis, an indigenous Amazonian reserve; in Myanmar, a nation not known for bowing to public demands, large protests pushed the government to cancel a massive Chinese hydroelectric project; in Borneo a three - year struggle to stop the construction of a coal plant on the coast of the Coral Triangle ended in victory for activists; in Britain plans to privatize forests created such a public outcry that the government not only pulled back but also apologized; and in the U.S. civil disobedience and massive marches pressured the Obama Administration to delay a decision on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, which would bring tar sands from Canada to a global market.

In reality though it could be that trying to bulldozer projects through, using what might be seen as draconian measures aimed at defecting opposition, could be counter-productive — consolidating opposition.

Washington, DC — Last night, the Trump administration unveiled an overview of its Fiscal Year 2018 Budget, revealing sharp cuts and draconian changes to essential programs, such as Medicaid, SNAP, TANF and more, that women disproportionately rely on — and for the first time in history singling out an individual health care provider — Planned Parenthood — by prohibiting it from participating in any program funded through Congress's annual Labor - HHS bill.

What I would tell Clients, were I in a draconian jurisdiction that practiced such things, is the cost of going through the appellate process, likelihood of succeeding at the appellate stage, and a breakdown, like you said, of whether it is worth pursuing.