Word: rigidness
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...quickly, this rigid social control evaporated. By rough and rowdy seventh grade, Valentine's Day had become distinctly laissez-faire...
...silence other voices or completely dominate intellectual discussions. For example, in the past, Booker T. Washington attempted to dictate the terms for black progress, and even Du Bois sought to undermine Marcus Garvey. Harvard's Department of Afro-American Studies should not attempt to institute any form of rigid ideological orthodoxy...
...only 21 of them, they are being stroked, wooed and courted by all sides till they blush. They even have talks going with the various factions of the House Republican freshman class--a dialogue that California Democrat Gary Condit describes as "very enlightening to us. They're not as rigid as they're portrayed to be." As the White House negotiations broke down, Armey announced that the Republican leadership was ready to turn to Plan B. The scheme: if they couldn't cut a deal with Clinton, they would turn to the Blue Dogs to come up with a budget...
...Medicine has found that people with parkinsonism -- symptoms associated with Parkinson's disease -- have twice the risk of death of those without the condition. Additionally, the authors conclude that nearly one in five people are afflicted by the condition. Previously, researchers believed the symptoms of parkinsonism, which include tremors, rigid movements, extreme slowness and shuffling gait, were benign manifestations of aging. But after studying 467 elderly Bostonians over nine years, scientists concluded the 159 with parkinsonism had a higher mortality rate. TIME's Janice Horowitz says the study points to the need to consider parkinsonism as a serious illness. "While...
More and more Jiang is refusing to play nice guy with anyone, either domestically or internationally. In his speeches he talks about the vital need for stability, which in China is a euphemism for rigid political control. Last month his government pushed ahead with its own selection of a new Panchen Lama for Tibet, the second highest religious leader in that oppressed province. Relations with Taiwan froze last summer after Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui visited the U.S.; China responded by conducting provocative military exercises near Taiwan. China last month again threatened to use force should Taiwan opt for independence...