Word: rigor
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...Massachusetts were in utmost danger. They caught fire numerous times, and could not have been saved by all the help that the town could afford, had it not been for the assistance of the Gentlemen of the General Court. His Excellency the Governor, who is spite of the rigor of the weather was most active in exerting himself in supplying the town engines with water which had to be fetched from a distance, the two college pumps being then rendered useless...
...last decade. Yet this may not be the whole story. If the pressure remained the same, there are still many colleges in the country that could do with a greater abundance of students, and at Harvard each Freshman class outnumbers its predecessor in spite of the increasing rigor of entrance requirements...
...penalties exacted by the law for misdoings excel in rigor that demanded by the public of those who have committed the crime of becoming famous. Ridden through the city in an open car in the rain, surrounded by vociferous mobs whenever they dared show their faces, and finally forced to escape a throng of their well-wishers by a service elevator, the aviators now visiting Boston will have memories of a trip that was exciting if not always comfortable. Not that theirs is an exceptional case, for the past year has given the public many victims, but even an "annus...
...penetrating rain on the White House lawn. President Coolidge was to greet them; but the miserable weather might cause aggravation of the bad cold that had kept him confined to bed the fore part of the week. There was talk of dissuading him from the ceremony. However, the rigor of the weather did not deter the President. He appeared, bundled in a great raincoat, wearing sensible rubbers. Beside him posed Mrs. Coolidge, hale, gracious, benign...
Soon the pious Abbé and the impetuous atheist felt the cold, im partial rigor of the Code Napoleon. Each was severely reprimanded, each was fined eleven francs...