Word: rigor
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...stunning design, the deeply cut folds, strict as metal, building up a system of pyramids that finishes in the smooth, serene, Gothic arch of St. Anne's wimple. By the 16th century the church was commissioning more elaborately naturalistic works. There is still a trace of Gothic rigor in the sweeping cloak of its lindenwood Mary Magdalene, but in all other respects she is almost a portrait, down to the look of pleased anticipation on her broad face as she uncaps the flask to anoint Christ's feet...
...experts in the field. But it is clear that Herrnstein has overlooked one side of an intellectual debate and based a potentially inflammatory argument on some highly disputable facts. Writing in a popular magazine, he has endowed his reasoning with a pseudo-scientific rigor that belies the controversial nature of his assumptions...
Intellectual Rigor...
...they fear that as a practical matter, majority-oriented politics will not adequately champion the rights of the individual. The new court may nonetheless force liberals to use politics more vigerously, rather than the judicial process, to press their ideals. What is more, a new conservative standard of intellectual rigor on the court may compel liberals to greater precision of thought on their...
...city hall, the city was fouled with bitter black-white acrimony. Whites held him responsible for dividing the city along racial lines. Militant blacks charged him with being too moderate; many moderates felt he was too militant. The only point of consensus was that Stokes was already in political rigor mortis...