Word: stringent
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Among other distinguished visitors stopping in Cambridge over the weekend was General Hilarity. His first appearance was at the Copley, where in spite of the somewhat stringent regulations he appears to have had a pleasant time; inspired by the victory and "the crimson hue of the evening sky" (see any newspaper), be was prevailed upon to take part in a scrimmage at the Colonial Theatre; and it is believed that he dined incognito at the Waldorf at an early hour Sunday. The old gentleman finally found the excitement a bit too much for his and is now resting quietly...
...none. Two courses only remain: (1) First to extend, strengthen and adjust the operations of the national enforcement law, and then to bring State legislation very thoroughly and earnestly into concurrence with and assistance of the national enforcement of the amendment as the Volstead Act applies it, with increasingly stringent measures to meet every new and ingenious means of evasion, or (2) to abandon the one-half-of-one-per-cent interpretation in the Volstead Act, and to read the words 'intoxicating beverage' as referring only to liquors having an alcholic content of more than four, five or even...
...clean, and newly and attractively upholstered, both seat-coverings and curtains being of paper fabric, as in nearly all the cars in Germany. To avoid a wrong impression one should say that the returning of tips or their refusal was not found to be a habit, despite the stringent national anti-tipping law; and that most of the cars had dingy and well worn paper-cloth upholstery, and were not very well cleaned. The Sleeper which we were fortunate enough to get at Dusseldorf had somewhat this dingy appearance, but the sheets and blankets and a good many applicants...
Officials were instructed not to warn players against illegality in substitution or formation except in the case of natural tendency to get offside and the rule against clipping was made more stringent. A recommendation that all colleges number their players was not acted upon, the Committee maintaining that was a matter for each college to decide...
...wholesome working conditions and a living wage has led the unions to extremes. There have been occasions, as Elbert Hubbard remarked, when the workman was forced either to "carry a union card to take out an accident policy." Modern methods are perhaps less atrocious, but none the less stringent...