| The iron hand was always firmly inside the velvet glove of the class society. |
| As an iron hand in a velvet glove, he was able to manage the complexity of this problematic task with unfailing success. |
| The fact that they're even writing a constitution is actually different from living under the iron hand of a dictator. |
| The men were a mixed crew, many of them itinerants, and Bill Clarke had no choice but to rule them with an iron hand. |
| He needs to have an iron hand in meeting these challenges head-on and cleaning up his Ministry's act. |
| The mullahs in Teheran govern with an iron hand a country in which human rights are completely neglected. |
