Word: stricting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Owner of the scraggliest beard in Congress, George Tinkham has been stalking Roosevelt for nine years, hating the White House and all its works, hating the British as only an oldtime Yankee can, smelling Benedict Arnold in the Destroyer Deal, Lend-Lease, the Atlantic Charter; declaring always for strict neutrality, never thundering against Germans or Japs...
...Strict limits on credit and installment buying, to cut down spending and keep citizens solvent for the post-war jolt...
Honors candidates must be on the Dean's list or must obtain special permission. The department is not too strict about what courses can be counted for concentration; four Psychology courses are required, but it is possible to substitute an appropriate course in Philosophy, Biology, or Sociology, and two courses in related fields fill out the curriculum. Of the 11 courses ordinarily taken by undergraduates, ten are half courses, so a student can cover a fairly large section of the field...
...Corregidor and in the foxholes of Bataan the strict procession of days marched on with a deadly, thundering sameness. The Jap, scorned in his offer of "honorable surrender," was back at work again...
...examinations on a sliding scale, and many potential officers may be left out. There is no alternative for them. They go into the Navy as gobs. Still a further contingency, which students considering V-1 should be aware of, is that physical requirements for V-1 are not as strict as for V-5 or V-7. Five feet two inches and 100 pounds will admit you as an Apprentice Seaman, but it won't let you be a deck lieutenant or a pilot. Minimum weight for V-7 is 132 pounds, minimum height is five feet five...