Word: strictly
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Piaget grew up near Lake Neuchatel in a quiet region of French Switzerland known for its wines and watches. His father was a professor of medieval studies and his mother a strict Calvinist. He was a child prodigy who soon became interested in the scientific study of nature. When, at age 10, his observations led to questions that could be answered only by access to the university library, Piaget wrote and published a short note on the sighting of an albino sparrow in the hope that this would influence the librarian to stop treating him like a child. It worked...
...knew they had strict policies regarding use and didn't think they let anyone in at all," he said. "They must not publicize this very widely...
...post-Cold War world there is "no longera strict framework in which situations ofpotential calamity can be worked out," he said...
Warren framed the conflict between Menchu and Stoll as a conflict between two genres of writing: the testimonial and the expose. She said the Mayan testimonial, testimonio in Spanish, diverges from strict personal narrative...
Unfortunately, this scenario seems to be playing out already. Last Thursday, the Commerce Department announced the trade deficit had hit its highest monthly level in history. Just the day before, the House has voted to approve a strict quota on steel imports, capping them at pre-1997 levels. Although the bill is expected to fail in the Senate, the 289 to 141 House vote for a blatantly protectionist measure shows how sentiment has changed in the few years since NAFTA was approved and how easy it is for matters to take a drastic turn for the worse...