Word: strictness
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...became inured to personal details, his chronic heartburn, his allergies. I became his Maalox bearer. I saw him angry, and thrilled, and frustrated, and depressed...He was incredibly undisciplined about time, and making decisions, and figuring out who should do what on staff, but there was a strict precision about self-revelation. He was always in control...
...United Nations warned that a severe food shortage in North Korea this winter endangers more than 10% of the country's 23 million people, based on firsthand observations made by U.N. workers in December. Pyongyang's strict system of food rationing has been further tightened to cope with an expected shortfall of more than 3.5 million tons of grain...
...incompetent superiors. His mother was the gentle buddy who sometimes let her kids stay home from school just to be with mom, but would hide them in the closet at lunchtime when Bob came home so he wouldn't get angry. Newt never openly challenged his father's strict rules. He just ignored them...
...European Union announced that, beginning Jan. 1, 1999, Europe will have a single currency, to be called the euro. Germany, France and the Netherlands would probably be among the first to switch. Britain hasn't decided if it will take part. Under the Maastricht Treaty, each country must meet strict economic standards before it can join the currency union...
Although most of Manson's colleagues see the necessity of studies on women, some believe that strict quotas may hinder research...