Sentence examples for ruthless methods from inspiring English sources

STEVE COLL: Yes, in Iran the state ultimately won the contest with its people, by ruthless methods.

They have the same ruthless methods as the old colonialists that they purport to despise, in that they believe in divide and rule.

Further development of Plato's ideas is undertaken in his Statesman and Laws, the latter prescribing the ruthless methods whereby they might be imposed.

His inhumane and criminal behavior and his ruthless methods of keeping the Communist Party in power have never been fully discussed, debated and understood in China.

Vladimir Putin has launched a programme to lionise Pyotr Stolypin, a Tsarist-era Russian prime minister who was known for his ruthless methods.

It may well condone more authoritarian and ruthless methods than those of its post-Soviet predecessors; there is no sense of the squeamish about Mr Kasyanov.

Ellison was one of Silicon Valley's most divisive figures, being both admired for his great success and deplored for his sometimes ruthless business methods and his conspicuous consumption.

This has led to much criticism of Mrs Gandhi and accusations that she is returning to the ruthless political methods of her mother-in-law, the late Indira Gandhi.

Three years after his death, when she was eleven, Rousey quit swimming and took up her mother's sport, which also meant submitting to her mother's ruthless training methods.

His ruthless, medieval methods of punishing the insurgents are a reason for persistent criticism by human rights advocates.

That in turn was part of a bigger vision, the single-minded drive to turn Malaysia into a developed nation by 2020.To this end, Dr Mahathir, who took office in 1981, resorted to increasingly ruthless and authoritarian methods.