Word: stricting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
British boys found classes more informal and discipline less strict in U. S. schools, were shocked to discover that U. S. pupils are never caned. They startled strangers by tipping their hats, surprised their classmates by jumping to their feet whenever a teacher entered their classroom. In classes, British pupils showed they knew more of world affairs (more even than some of their teachers), were far ahead of their classmates in vocabulary and foreign languages, not so good in mathematics and spelling, pretty bad in Western Hemisphere geography and U. S. history. On one thing they all agreed: they...
...country too quickly. Trying to harden them up too fast somehow set loose a lot of respiratory germs that some of them were carrying, and soon the camp would be afflicted with a flare-up of infectious diseases. His remedy was obvious: mobilize the men gradually, under strict medical supervision...
...split in the Student Union was finally consummated last night as Alan Gottlieb '41 led 52 of his full aid adherents away from the strict non-interventionist faction to form the Harvard Liberal Union. More than 25 others are expected to follow during the next two days...
When Mayor LaGuardia was elected, he appointed as hospital commissioner a stern-faced doctor who for years had been head of top-flight Mt. Sinai Hospital, and onetime chief of Manhattan's department of health - Sigismund Schulz Goldwater. Dr. Goldwater fired political appointees, drew up strict rules for the management of all New York City hospitals. He wangled research appropriations for the hospital department from the city for the first time in history. During his administration he spent over $50,000,000 for hospital construction. But, says he, "I am just as proud of the old buildings I demolished...
...strict a form will show...