This self-belief was evident in the way he and his aides ruthlessly dismissed all opposing voices, even the voice of the "no-count" Blix.
"And part of Roger's game plan was to draw sharp distinctions between the way Fox would cover a story and the rest of the media would do it". Ailes was also a larger-than-life personality known for ruthlessly attacking his competitors as if they were opposing political candidates.
Although both he and Kim Jong-il dealt ruthlessly with those who opposed them, neither bothered with show trials – victims were simply executed with no pretence of legal process.
In one short week, Lebanon, already battered by a string of assassinations and a crippling power struggle between opposing factions, has taken three more blows.The first came in the now-familiar form of a ruthlessly efficient car bomb.
He is risking the oversell ― I'd still term Trump's regime as a kakistocracy, as opposed to a ruthlessly successful autocracy.
But to his political opponents he was the worst type of autocrat, intent on building a one-party state and ruthlessly clamping down on any who opposed him.
In this version, Lillian, Lily's alternate, is the most powerful witch, and she ruthlessly uses her powers to strike down those who oppose her.
Critics of the industry, as well as those who have opposed it on issues, say it has been ruthlessly effective at knocking down or weakening regulation over the years.
"The restrictions on tourism travel are common-sense measures meant to prevent US dollars from supporting a murderous regime that opposes US security interests at every turn and which ruthlessly suppresses the most basic liberties of speech, assembly and belief," the politicians write.
Or, as Rep. Ros-Lehtinen puts it, the restrictions on travel to Cuba are "commonsense measures meant to prevent U.S. dollars from supporting a murderous regime that opposes U.S. security interests at every turn and which ruthlessly suppresses the most basic liberties of speech, assembly and belief".
It evokes a nasty period of America's social history (you know, as opposed to all those idyllic ones), but like Roth's two previous novels, it's also ruthlessly economical and relentlessly deathbound.
