Word: strictly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...much interest either in the subject they were discussing, or the method they were using to discuss it. If told that the authors of these pieces were people whose job it was to demonstrate the rewards open to anyone who devotes himself to literature as an amateur (in the strict sense of the word), our imaginary Hum 6 student would no doubt be astonished, since it was precisely the inappropriateness of flat tone to exciting subject matter that struct him--a fledgling amateur--most sharply...
...strict sense, Newhouse does not publish newspapers, or even run them; he merely collects them, leaving editorial policy to the executive hands he inherited when he bought out their previous employers. "How do you want to operate?" Newhouse asked Jack Langhorne, publisher of the Huntsville, Ala., Times, after buying that paper in 1955. "Just like we've been operating," Langhorne replied. "O.K., Jack," said Newhouse. "You run it." It was the last command from Newhouse that Langhorne ever...
...pride of Holland's city of Arnhem is a sturdy 11th century Gothic structure called the Eusebius Church. Badly damaged during World War II, this Dutch Reformed church has gradually been rebuilt in strict accordance to medieval style. But when Architect Theo Verlaan came along to rebuild the steeple, things changed fast...
...vigilance, the bureau has considerably arrested addiction and narcotics racketeering over the years. In 1930, when Anslinger was named head of the newly formed bureau, one out of every 1,070 Americans was an addict; today, the proportion is one in 4,000. Thanks also to Anslinger's strict enforcement philosophy, addiction in youngsters -once a terrifying trend-has been severely curtailed. By cracking down unmercifully on pushers who found ready markets among young people (and by pressing through Congress in 1956 an optional death penalty for pushers who sell narcotics to minors), the bureau has helped to drop...
Laws & Mores. Despite strict anti-abortion legislation in the U.S. and the often exorbitant expense involved in getting to countries with more lenient laws, abortion statistics continue to rise yearly in a striking case of conflict between the mores of a people and their legal code. Of the estimated 1,000,000 abortions performed each year in the U.S.,* only a surprisingly small number fall into the classic category (the girl who has paid the penalty for promiscuity and wants to avoid the consequences before her parents find...