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• a  of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws

• Wood, 63, had earned the sobriquet "Maximum John" for his draconian sentences to drug dealers.
• Female-only dorms were erected, and if early rules for male students seemed harsh, the university guidelines for female co-eds were draconian.
• The alternative, he said, is either a more draconian white regime or a Soviet-aligned revolution.

• Draconian

News & Articles

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• Doomsday budget: Auburn council nixes pension smoothing, $1.7 million in cuts on horizon
  AUBURN | Doomsday. Draconian. Armageddon.
  June 14, 2013 - The Auburn Citizen
• E3 2013: The Walking Dead DLC, Vita Bundle Announced
  It was easy to overlook the opening moments of Sony’s big E3 press conference last night. While the world was waiting for titles such as Final Fantasy XV and praying that Sony would not follow Microsoft’s draconian DRM scheme, Sony …
  June 11, 2013 - WebProNews
• Sony E3 press briefing wrap-up live with Joystiq and Engadget
  Our News Editor Alexander Sliwinski and Engadget Senior Associate Editor Ben Gilbert have a difficult task. They have to break down every bombshell dropped during Sony's gasp-filled E3 press briefing . No draconian always-online policy? Used games that work just like ... used games? That price? It's going to be a loaded conversation. Watch it all live, right here, after the break! HPLEmbed.load ...
  June 11, 2013 - Joystiq

Quotes

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• Brian Bilbray in Newsday
  I think it's a great decision. I think it's what the American people have been asking for, common-sense, basic things that are not Draconian or dramatic. Employer verification addresses the real problem and that is illegal employment,said...
• Joe Barton in Washington Post
  In short, what we don't need is creating at the FDA a new draconian bureaucracy, since they're already overburdened and have more work than they know what to do with,said Rep. Joe Barton of Texas, the top Republican on the House Energy and...
• Dave Prentis in The Guardian
  Dave Prentis, general secretary of Unison, said: "This is the most draconian budget in decades. This budget signals that the battle for Britain's public services has begun, with the government declaring war. Public-sector workers will be shocked and...