The developments in Iraq also illuminated the military's efforts to show that after the heavy-handed political interventions of the past, it has become more democratic.
It's not old, big-style government imposing top-down, heavy-handed intervention.
It is also a powerful means of promoting efficiency, without requiring the heavy-handed intervention of an unaccountable bureaucracy.
But the heavy-handed intervention has stirred local resentment against Moscow.
Because the class had seemed to get along at first, he felt sure that heavy-handed intervention was unneeded.
But its heavy-handed intervention sends the signal that Washington wants to go slow on addressing the greenhouse problem.
Mr. Schelling is no fan of heavy-handed bureaucratic interventions.
On the other hand, a heavy-handed intervention on my part was bound to backfire.
It is exactly the kind of intricate society where heavy-handed American intervention is likely to backfire.
Barney speaks of "the heavy-handed intervention of the Confederate government."
