Word: rigorousity
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The parents of the girls are outraged that their children's ages and abilities are under suspicion. However, the reasoning behind the IOC's age minimum was to protect the athletes. Gymnastics in particular has a new code of points that rewards the most difficult routines and, as a result...
And then they wait for the glue to dry - almost. Nobody moves from his station, afraid to lose sight of his all-important bat, which could fall prey to a devious glue-tamperer. (And besides, who'd want to leave such a happy-smelling place?) The ITTF mandates that the...
Joe Pickett, executive editor of the American Heritage Dictionary, says that changes to dictionary entries are always on the table, but he and his seven fellow editors are a tough crowd. They keep an eye on print publications to see whether a variant usage has started to become mainstream. Any...
Whether at home or in exile, Solzhenitsyn was disciplined and unwavering. As a young man he had served a term of internal exile in Kazakhstan; deprived of writing supplies and the freedom to use them, he composed in his head, committing entire plays to memory. In Vermont, where he lived...
Positive thinking is key to Housing First, which since 2000 has been the main innovation in President Bush's fight against homelessness. Basically, the idea is to identify the big users of government shelters and services and show voters that you can slowly herd them into permanent housing. With its...