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Neither soft-sells Valya as sympathetic or even justified in her iron-fisted quest for supremacy; Barden’s version dispenses with an influential voice of opposition swiftly and cruelly soon after the mantle of leadership passes to her by the Order’s founder.

Cutler isn’t one for overt psychoanalysis, but the choice to sprout the narrative in Edward Kostyra’s iron-fisted influence as opposed to featuring Stewart’s mother, a beloved recurring guest on her syndicated daytime show, is eye-opening.

Analysts believe China’s iron-fisted management of Covid-19 played a big role in undoing people’s optimism.

Mr. Abinader’s use of contentious restrictions on Haitian migrants also underscores an iron-fisted approach to migration that makes the Dominican Republic something of an outlier in the region.

After the initial shock wore off, Navalny’s closest allies returned to the work that cost his freedom and his life: undermining Putin’s iron-fisted grip on power.