Word: strictly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...medical advisers approved. For a man about to undergo major surgery, he was clearly overweight. So Lyndon, who fights a constant, losing battle to subdue his passion for pies and chocolate bars, went on a strict diet. Thus the President had seldom seemed in better shape (down from 220 to 202 lbs.) when he flew up to Manhattan the day before the Pope's visit, to sign the new immigration bill in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty. Next afternoon, after Pope and President had conferred privately for 46 minutes in a 35th floor suite at the Waldorf...
...late as 1950, Israelis relied on wells, rain tanks and collection systems. When there was no rain, they could only pray. Now Israelis have drawn up a master plan, nationalized all water, instituted strict rationing, tapped the Sea of Galilee, and laid out a grid of modern wells, reservoirs and pipelines. So well managed is the country's water supply that nearly 90% of all possible sources are being used-and 98% of all Israelis have running water...
...year it has sprouted eight other foreign branches from West Berlin to Kuala Lumpur. At home, it has blanketed New York City and suburbs with 151 branches, fully exploiting its status as the city's only nationally chartered bank, thus being exempt from New York State's strict limits on branching. Hoping to catch up with Citibank, stockholders of Chase Manhattan last week voted to switch to a national charter...
Some areas of the Health Services receive high praise; while the admissions policy often seems to be peculiar strict, Stillman Infirmary gets raves from most people who have spent any time there. The nighttime emergency services, however, are commonly distrusted and characterized as too understaffed and unconcerned. Perhaps the most serious criticism is that the Health Services does not have an ambulance and sometimes appears unequipped to handle emergencies; house calls are made under only the gravest circumstances. 'Cliffies complain of the rather long walk from the quad to Holyoke Center when they are ill during the winter months...
...result, however fetching, would probably have turned Mondrian an unprimary shade of purple. Few artists enjoy seeing their paintings turned directly into dresses, let alone Mondrian. A sturdy Dutchman of strict Calvinist origins, he lived like a loner...