Word: disciplinarianism
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...more precocious ages; it's often their first act of domestic rebellion. But a youngster is at a disadvantage insisting on a rigorous cuisine before he or she can cook food--or buy it or even read--and when the one whose menu is challenged is the parent: nurturer, disciplinarian and executive chef. Alicia Hurtado of Oak Park, Ill., has been a vegetarian half her life--she's 8 now--and mother Cheryle mostly indulges her daughter's diet. Still, Mom occasionally sneaks a little chicken broth into Alicia's pasta dishes. "When she can read labels," Cheryle says...
...social progressiveness was balanced by his seriousness as an administrator, earning him among students the reputation of a disciplinarian. But as he dealt with a flurry of campus controversies—from changes in parietals to a professor’s alleged LSD experiments—Monro strengthened ties between faculty and undergraduates...
Both look forward to the time when they can be friends without the strain that McCarthy’s disciplinarian role can put on the relationship. For the moment, though, they try not to take things too seriously, to ensure Green aces his AP Literature homework and to plan for their next Quincy House intramural basketball victory...
...death row. Despite his professed contrition and pleas from human-rights groups, Mitchell became the 10th person executed in Texas for a murder committed as a minor. DIED. BERTIE MEE, 82, former championship-winning manager of one of England's best-known football clubs, Arsenal; in London. A stern disciplinarian who left most of the football tactics to his coaches, Mee managed the team from 1966 to 1976. In his crowning moment, Mee led Arsenal in 1971 to championships in both the League and the FA Cup, only the second time a double win had been clinched in the 20th...
While prefects provide too little presence in first-year dormitories to be sufficient advisors, proctors are forced to do too much—by taking on the role of both advisor and disciplinarian. The proctor-student relationship has been compromised because of proctors’ responsibility to be both authority figures and friends. Because proctors are not a confidential resource, students often find it awkward to talk to them about sensitive subjects...