Letter: Dracon was tough.(Letters)

From: Daily Post (Liverpool, England) | Date: September 14, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: Peter O'Hare

REGARDING recent letters about feet on seats and Merseyrail. Like decimation, draconian is a much misused word. Dracon ...

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