Word: rigidness
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...last few days, they've started to say very clearly that discussion of missile defense can only take place in the framework of the ABM treaty (which Bush has said needs to be renegotiated or scrapped). That suggests he's going into Slovenia talks with Bush in a fairly rigid state of mind. That doesn't mean they'll come out in the same state of mind - the Russians and Soviets before them tended to go into negotiations in hard-nosed way. Still, it seems they're emphasizing the ABM as the cornerstone of international security...
...study also determined that 72 percent of universities use a rigid formula to determine endowment distribution. But Harvard’s system allows for much more discretion, which can result in a lower endowment payout...
...women were still an evident minority in the Yard—and things would stay that way until 1976, when Harvard did away with its rigid policy of admitting more men than woman...
...Harvard had a rigid admissions policy that admitted four male students for every one female student. Former President Derek C. Bok mandated that the ratio for the Class of 1976 be changed to 2.5 to one. The debate over the admissions policy took place and was resolved during the Class of 1976’s time on campus. Administrators finally abolished the gender quotas for the class...
...however, the protesters found that they had won many of their former causes: the U.S. was withdrawing its troops from Vietnam, the drinking age had been lowered to 18, and—more locally—Harvard and Radcliffe had ended their rigid male-female admissions ratios and, starting with the Class of 1976, both male and female first-years lived in the Yard...