Word: stringent
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...agree that "the Ethiopians are licked!" Politically such a world opinion would do Italy the most good if it coincided with this week's arrival in Geneva of Captain Anthony Eden of Great Britain and his League colleagues to decide whether it is best for humanity that more stringent sanctions be imposed on Italy...
...accident that among the first steps taken by the dictators of Italy and Germany was the requirement of stringent teachers' oaths...
...repainting would be too great a financial burden on the University, but there is no excuse for dirty walls. Rooms that need it should be scrubbed during the summer. A water-proof paint for the bathrooms might be found more economical than ordinary wall-paint. Perhaps if a more stringent check-up were made at the end of each year suites would be better cared for by their occupants. Every dormitory resident deserves this attention to his living quarters, particularly since it would entail little additional expense...
What is more important is that the universal sentiment throughout the country is for more stringent driving laws. The United States has finally realized that the huge toll of motoring deaths which result annually from speeding, carelessness and intoxication are unnecessary, and can and should be stopped. The support given by the Harvard undergraduate body to this movement is both encouraging and indicative that propaganda of such a nature throughout the college will have a decidede effect in the next few years...
...material. Both our war lords and the yellow press have hammered away at the Congress until now America will assume the mailed glove, and in future her national defense will consist of more than diplomatic notes or strongly penned warnings. Though at first glance great armamaments and stringent neutrality laws may seem strange bed-fellows, they will form the greatest possible guard against a repetition of the years...