The ironclad principle that you must always believe the accuser comes as a corrective to hundreds of years in which rape victims were systematically disbelieved and painted as liars, sluts, or crazies.
This isn't an ironclad rule.
He has an ironclad rule that the customer comes first.
That earned me a scornful note along with the one-day suspension.Interestingly, the ironclad rule against nudity is not so ironclad.
By the time Napoleon fell, however, he had convinced himself of another, equally ironclad set of principles: that the lower classes were not ready to be trusted with political power, that only tradition and hierarchy could insure social peace.
The principle ironclad guide, according a parliamentary report last month, is "that the government of the day must have the confidence of the House of Commons".
"That she did so in a city where Democrats held an overwhelming majority and regularly inflicted heavy casualties on G.O.P. candidates was a testament to her persistence, her ironclad belief in Republican principles and her love of politics".
In a sharp rebuke, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Thursday that the principle of mutual defense is "ironclad".
It is for this reason that the major powers may be reluctant to sign any agreement that doesn't include ironclad guarantees and conditions, to secure the principle goal: ensuring that Tehran is true to its word in denying any pursuit of nuclear weapons, a prospect that would change the face of the Middle East and launch a new and uncontrollable nuclear race.
The distinction is hardly ironclad, however, and Mendelssohn ends On the Main Principles with a discussion of ways the arts may borrow from one another (e.g., allegorical painting) or combine (e.g., opera).
