Word: strictness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...child, he studiously attended the strict Christian Brothers' schools in Dublin. A boy, he clerked over groceries. A youth, he espoused the passionate and patriotic doctrines of Sinn Fein. A man, he combined steady, profitable attention to business with such tireless subversion against the British that in 1916 he was sentenced to death, and only escaped under the general amnesty...
...sees in her husband's rise to power "the awful workings of Divine Providence." Her housekeeping is hospitable and hearty. She takes care that the family board is loaded with many a fine pudding, many a ripe, odorous cheddar cheese. To her children she is wisely indulgent but strict in matters of religion. Even as tots they were not allowed-say friends of the family-to begin their prayers with "Now I lay me down to sleep;" rather, from the first, they lisped, "Our Father who art in Heaven...
Immigration is the biggest row the Secretary of Labor has to hoe. Three years ago strict quota laws went into effect to try and keep U. S. work for U. S. workmen and not overcrowd the "land of opportunity...
...immigration increasing even under strict quota laws...
...permit the honest performance of the required task. Two weeks and a half might profitably be spent in milling over the courses, in pulling them together, in completing the terminal essays--to say nothing of the tutorial assignments for the period. In order to make the transition gradual, however, strict course assignments are no doubt necessary...