Word: strictness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...nation have recognized this problem and for the most part have met it squarely. Where there are fraternities--and this includes most schools--women may usually be entertained in the Greek lettered houses until midnight or one o'clock, A survey of Ivy League colleges shows that where strict parietal rules exist for fraternities, deans have seen fit not to enforce them. Other schools have Student Union buildings which provide undergraduates a place in which to talk, and dance, away from the bustle of headwaiters and local citizenry out for a noisy fling...
...only 25,000 Protestants in Spain-most of them foreigners. We Catholics lived peacefully with the Protestants while they limited themselves to the practice of their cult. But when they tried to convert Spain into a land of missions, we Catholics are obliged to go on guard and ask strict compliance with the law on behalf of internal peace...
...fashion at Harvard this September. A slow turnover of low-cost apartments, brimming Federal projects and the greatest enrollment in college history all combined to produce a large group of homeless and dissatisfied married veterans. In an effort to cope with this situation the Harvard Housing Trust instituted a strict priority system that temporarily placed veterans cut at Fort Devens or at the Hotel Branswick and gradually drew them into preferred quarters near the College. Ostensibly an inflexible program of unbiased seniority, this system was speedily replaced by a super priority list that allowed non-veteran faculty members to obtain...
Here they were treated like long-lost relatives. Mary, the waitress, treats them like a "godmother," serving them a strict diet of cheeseburgers and "chocolate malted frappes." "Here we can sing until the frappes curdle, and nobody says a word," the choresters exclaim...
Whitehall Court. Cripps himself would not suffer because of cuts in fuel for heating bath water. Part of his strict daily regimen is to bathe each morning at 8, in cold water. By that time, he has already been up nearly four hours. He gets up at 4:15, works in his Whitehall Court flat along the Thames Embankment until 6:45. Then he and Isobel walk briskly through St. James's Park. The rest of the day he sticks meticulously to a tight schedule, gives no more than the allotted time (usually 15 minutes) to each interview...