Word: stricting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Another factor in the dissolution was lack of College support. Last year the Progressive and its parent body were among the leaders of the large isolationist group, but the student body this year has been overwhelmingly opposed to strict isolationism...
These conditions, though strict, insure "that those who are fortunate enough to have generous friends or relatives in the United States do not thereby gain too great an advantage over the vast majority who are not so lucky...
...delegates, all champions, were the pick of 1,500,000 members of the 4-H (Head, Heart, Hands, Health) Clubs, which are sponsored and led by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. At the Congress they vied for 47 college scholarships, from $100 to $300 (4-H has a strict ceiling of $300, designed to prevent winners from taking things too easy, make them at least partly self-supporting). Outstanding prizewinners were two boys and two girls who got $300 awards for leadership and achievement...
David K. Eichler 2G, chairman of he Executive Council of the Committee, yesterday said "We are confident that civil liberties will not be impaired" during the war. At the same time they believe, said Eichler, that a strict personal censorship will not have to be imposed, and they approve Britain's policy of allowing a certain amount of criticism. This, they feel, is not incompatible with successful prosecution...
...large hospital set aside for psychiatric cases of the R.A.F. stood empty for so long that it was finally turned over to general use. Besides strict recruiting examinations, said Dr. Gillespie, there is a good reason for the R.A.F.'s balance: flying is a highly technical job, brings out "professional pride," and a joy in accomplishing precise tasks...