Word: stern
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When a child approaches his father to ask for an advance on his allowance, he usually receives a dollar or two and a stern lecture on the fundamentals of good money management...
...back home, a few have been driven to desperate measures. Two weeks ago, Cubans seized six airliners, three on Aug. 16 alone, and forced the pilots to fly to Havana; the skyjackings set records for the most in one week and the most in a single day. Stern security measures, augmented by reports that Fidel Castro has thrown the successful skyjackers into Cuban jails, appeared to be taking effect, however: there were no new skyjackings last week...
Israeli officials explain this stern confinement policy on two grounds: security and economy. They point out that the majority of the country's 2,858 security prisoners are political activists who have demonstrated their danger to Israel through bombings, shootings or other terrorist acts. Furthermore, the Israeli prison service has consistently been strapped for funds to improve its facilities...
...Reagan, and not all that moderate even by those standards. They share much of the same basic conservative philosophy: Bush has assailed Big Government and its omnipresent regulation almost as often as Reagan himself, and Bush has just as frequently demanded a big U.S. military buildup and a stern policy toward the Soviets. Bush too has emphasized tax cuts as an essential part of his economic strategy. He insisted last week that he fully supported Reagan's call for a 10%, $36 billion first-stage reduction...
First, it nominated a man named Reagan almost a given since the New Hampshire primary. Remember how Mr. Reagan became stern one night back before the "Live Free or Die" state went to the polls? "Mr. Green, I paid for that microphone!" Reagan thundered during a Nashua debate. As the defender of America's sacred property rights, he captured the hearts if not the minds of many citizens...