Word: rigidities
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...Abercrombie & Fitchothe store and ithe looki that accompanies itohas not only invaded Harvard square, but teen-consciousness everywhere. With glossy catalogue photos featuring chiseled male bodies doubling as wall decorations for crazed college girls, itis easy to become a player. But few benchwarmers realize that the rules are more rigid than they might seem at first. And the game much more superficial...
They credited his turnaround in the polls over the past month to a less rigid campaign style which de-emphasized Gore's Washington roots...
...Pontiff broadcast over the millennial weekend: one of a visibly weakened man. The vigorous 58-year-old elected in 1978 to challenge communism suffers from the onset of Parkinson's disease, limps and has terrible difficulty negotiating steps. His left arm shakes, at times uncontrollably. His face is rigid, and his speech is slurred. At the end of 1999, his aides moved him around St. Peter's Basilica with a pushcart...
...social lives consist largely of joining student organizations with rigid bylaws and mission statements. While these organizations do make use of creative energies, most require hours of menial work in rooms with poor ventilation. Recess is outside and if you don't like the rules, you can change them...
...budget cuts - are taking a toll on both morale and military readiness. Soldiers are increasingly finding themselves separated from their families for long stretches and aren't happy with their compensation. The study also cites a growing case of corporate envy - soldiers are perceiving the armed forces as rigid compared to the modern corporate structure, which promotes individualism and entrepreneurship, and they want flexi-schedules like the rest...