The Empire distrusted its espers, and so kept them under a harsh and brutal discipline.

But Cook had been not only a supreme navigator, but a scientist and - in an age of brutal discipline - a humanitarian.

The convent also practices brutal discipline and encourages masochistic rituals such as self-flagellation.

English private schools at the time of Niven's boyhood were noted for their strict and sometimes brutal discipline.

Their testimonies about the heavy-handed indoctrination and brutal discipline were chilling.

The training was done the old-fashioned way, by brutal discipline, punishment, and unrelenting hard work.

The brutal discipline of the Federal budget recognizes no distinctions between worthy and unworthy spending.

The military reforms of that time not only stressed brutal discipline in Japan's armed forces; it increasingly emphasized hatred of the enemy.

Before this season, the line was seen as flourishing in pass blocking, but not in the more brutal discipline of run blocking.

The issues in those countries are wretchedly low wages, enforced overtime, harsh and sometimes brutal discipline, and corporal punishment.