Word: strictest
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...country is again in the throes of that easily recognizable mass schizophrenia or infantilism or call it what psychosis you will, which always takes possession of us when we find ourselves all alone in the great big, terrifying, dangerous, adult world. Remember last time, when we passed the strictest prohibition laws we could think up, put poison in the liquor, and then drank ourselves blind for 14 years...
That was Bing's start. From then on he violated the strictest tenets of success...
...required and will be obtained by Governmental agencies for emergency tasks." It argued that "with the comprehensive list of talent so obtained, we will be able to ... choose those whose transfer will cause the least disruption to industry." It promised that "our questionnaire cards will be kept permanently in strictest confidence at the offices of the E. S. D., with technical qualifications made available to responsible Governmental agencies (not to private employers). Those men eligible for emergency tasks will be approached only after their release has been obtained from the present employer...
...Despite "strictest secrecy," 20,000 people had crowded into the Sportpalast by 4:30 p.m. For blocks outside storm troopers stood every few feet, and in the hall they sat in all the aisle seats. The occasion was all pomp. Above the stage a gigantic golden eagle sparkled against a red backdrop garnished with swastikas...
...youths through a spirited charge on Bach. The violins, on their feet and playing as one man, rattled off one piece, a Preludio, so brilliantly that the audience roared bravos. After the Bach came the Fifth Symphony of Dmitri Shostakovich, melodiously and pompously hymning the Bolshevik October Revolution. By strictest Carnegie Hall standards, the cheers showed that the Youth Orchestra had passed with honors...