Word: sterner
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...real world does occasionally intrude on campus, though. After a several-year lull in student protest, activism roared back this spring when a three-part rally descended on University Hall calling for a living wage, an end to sweatshop-produced goods and sterner protections against rape (two students were recently dismissed from the College after pleading guilty to sexual assault). Curmudgeonly professor Harvey C. Mansfield '53 called the protest "idiotic," but most are glad to see the student body shedding its recent apathy...
...real world does occasionally intrude on campus, though. After a several-year lull in student protest, activism roared back this spring when a three-part rally descended on University Hall calling for a living wages, an end to sweatshop-produced goods and sterner protections against rape (two students were recently dismissed from the College after pleading guilty to sexual assault). Curmudgeonly professor Harvey C. Mansfield '53 called the protest "idiotic," but most are glad to see the student body shedding its recent apathy...
ALTER-ITO AWARD: The sterner Judge Hiroshi Fujisaki of the second O.J. trial...
Been bombarded by any new credit-card offers lately? Millions of preapproved applications land in U.S. mailboxes every day. But now, mixed in with come-ons for frequent-flyer miles and cards that sport a picture of your dog, sterner messages are being delivered by many issuers. Faced with soaring delinquencies and smarter consumers in a glutted $700 billion marketplace, lenders are suddenly jacking up interest rates, slapping on new fees and pulling back benefits. In September, GE Capital, the finance arm of General Electric, warned holders of its GE Rewards MasterCard to expect a $25 annual penalty unless they...
...case against Obasanjo gives black leaders, and all those who care about human rights, the chance to apply to Nigeria the same democratic standards that they did to South Africa. Indeed, TransAfrica has embarked on a campaign designed to do just that by pressuring the U.S. government to take sterner measures against Abacha--and to their credit, many black leaders, including Jackson, have joined it. As Nigeria's military ruler from 1976 to '79, Obasanjo kept his promise to restore democracy, voluntarily handing over power to an elected President. Since then, he has incurred the enmity of the government...