Word: strictly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that the French and Russians were "correct" in not paying their assessments (as the headline reported) nor did he even say that they were technically correct (as the body of the story said). What he did say was that their position can be justified by a strict interpretation of the Charter, an interpretation with which he personally disagrees, but which gives the Franco-Russian position a firmer legal basis than most Americans realize. To say, that a particular political position can be justified by a strict construction of some fundamental law is quite a different thing from saying that...
...classroom atmosphere in China was much more formal than is usually case here another reminder of the feudal past. The combination of traditional deference to age and the necessity for strict discipline in the early stages of socialist development were clearly visible in the teacher-student relationship...
...even in the midst of decay the seeds of rebirth took root. As early as 1744 the fierce Wahhabi movement began preaching the need for a strict return to Islamic practice, and its doctrine slowly spread through the lands of the faith. Sharply countering Moslem fatalism, the 19th century philosopher Al Afghani preached ijtihad (self-exertion), urging Islam to adapt to the currents of change in the modern world. India's Ahmadiyya movement helped revive Islam's long-dormant lust for converts. Twentieth century nationalism gradually brought independence, and a new spirit of confidence, to Islamic countries...
...Charlie Brown pattern, Sparky's life was one good grief after another. School was a "harsh and strict jail." Sparky skipped a year in grade school, but later atoned for that triumph by flunking every course and being left back. His one pride was his drawing skill, and he proudly submitted some sketches to the high school yearbook; inevitably, they were rejected. He joined pickup baseball games, but his team almost always lost. "People are skeptical about Charlie Brown's losing a game 40 to nothing, but I distinctly remember a day when our team was beaten...
...your taking advantage of the equally fortuitous presence of the investments of our beneficent American capitalists in these countries, in the absence of which we would be free to promote our own revolutions against these dictators and could then offer large amounts of foreign aid in exchange for strict neutrality vis a vis the Great Red empires, can only be described as a flagrant offense to the American sense of fair play. Your attempt at covering up your total domination of Hanoi's foreign policy by ordering her to mold this policy around the Soviet Union's call for peaceful...