Word: stringent
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Crimson has just received a last minute dispatch from Joliet Penitentiary, Illinois, that exclusive institution of higher education that my justly b e said to have more stringent admission requirements than Harvard College. Of course this fact is in some measure obviated by the equally obvious truth that the tests of entrance are to a greater degree manual than intellectual, and true brilliance of mind is at time a hindrance to entry within the sacred precincts and (or) an aid to departure therefrom...
This year, however, with the progress of Roosevelt recovery and the coincident rise in the birth rate, the squirrels have repeatedly threatened to overrun the Yard. Stringent measures have indeed been necessary to keep down the slate colored hordes, and to prevent the steady demolition of the foundations of such derelict edifices as Brooks House by the eroding action of countless razor-sharp molars...
...loans of $300,000,000, Federal Reserve Bank loans of $280,000,000. The law stipulates that adequate security must be put up, that no loans may be made to a company if it can borrow from commercial banks. Chair-man Jones's regulations were even more stringent: 1) Loans will be made primarily to supply working capital as opposed to fixed capital, but may not be used for large scale expansion or to finance exports or imports. 2) As long as any part of a loan is outstanding, the borrowing company may not pay dividends, salaries or bonuses...
Such was the tumultuous prelude to House passage (250-to-92) of a stringent rule by which Speaker Rainey, Majority Leader Burns and Rules Chairman Bankhead can: 1) prevent any measure from being brought up which they do not desire; 2) prevent any amendment from being offered to bills before the House; 3) limit debate and force a vote on any measure within 40 minutes. Object: to finish the Administration's legislative program and adjourn by this week or next...
...positive hindrance. If the colleges are to adopt a more liberal course, and it is to be presumed that the other large colleges will follow Harvard's experiments, the schools must turn out students capable of managing themselves. It is up to them to relax their stringent regulations and instill in their students a new sense of responsibility. When this is done, the colleges can carry out their share of education more adequately...