Word: sterner
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Absolutely not. The Ayatullah is made of sterner stuff than that. The very next day the Iranian revolutionary leader, 88, issued a statement rejecting Rushdie's apology and declaring flatly, "It is incumbent on every Muslim to do everything possible to send him to hell." Three days later, in a speech to a group of Iranian clerics, Khomeini added that nothing, not even Western economic sanctions, would "force us to retreat and forgo implementation of God's decree...
Marilyn, 39, is made of sterner stuff than her playful, easygoing husband. Both her parents were doctors; she was the fourth of six children, brought up in a strict Christian household in Indianapolis. The Tuckers became followers of a conservative Fundamentalist preacher, "Colonel" Robert B. Thieme Jr., and Marilyn grew up listening to Thieme's tapes. She has dissociated herself from Thieme's more reactionary social teachings, but defends his biblical teachings...
Most schools are taking a tough stand against bigotry. Last October, after the independent conservative paper Dartmouth Review compared college president James Freedman, who is Jewish, to Hitler, the trustees denounced the editors for "ignorance and moral blindness." Months earlier, the university had taken sterner action, suspending three Review staffers for harassing a black professor of music. However, reinstatement of the students was ordered this month by a superior-court judge, and they are now suing the university for breach of contract, arguing that it did not live up to its bylaws, which guarantee free expression...
...ventilation systems installed. Such measures ought to be taken within a few years, the EPA advises, if the radon readings are between 4 and 20 picocuries; within several months if between 20 and 200; and within weeks if 200. If the readings are much over that, the EPA has sterner counsel: relocate, at least temporarily...
Linebackers: Supposedly a Harvard weakness coming into the season. Greg Ubert and Brian Burns overpowered the Lions' tender line, bursting into the backfield often. Burns finished with seven tackles. Ubert recorded six. UMass should give these two a sterner test than the Lions...