Word: stringent
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Proving to this unbelieving world that his word is better than his bonds, Mussolini has embarked upon what be hopes will be she royal road to empire. Only stringent action on the part of the few remaining rational nations of Europe can stop this Roman holiday before its author's dream has come true...
...compromise, and to keep the estimated 1935 kill down to five or six millions out of his 24,000,000 ducks, Director Darling clamped several stringent new restrictions on this year's shooting. Chief of these...
...theory that Mr. Conant himself pressed urgently for stringent action was discarded in reliable quarters on two counts: (1) He has not yet read the parody issue of Esquire, and (2) To pass the proposals by the Lampoon editors, the threat of drastic official action was evidently exaggerated...
Evidence has not been lacking in the past of the casualness of examination or the inaccuracy of diagnosis. Both of these faults must be remedied. It can be done in one of two ways--by more stringent supervision or by new personnel. No criticism has been made of Dr. Harding. But neither the manner nor treatment of Dr. Hathaway or Dr. Means has been such as to inspire confidence...
...soon after March 4, 1933 was a vigorous clean-up of the food and drug industry. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt became an ardent advocate for a sterner and stricter law than the relic of 1906. In the Department of Agriculture Brain Truster Rexford Guy Tugwell drafted such a stringent bill to revamp the old Federal Food & Drugs Act that manufacturers who stock the shelves of drug stores and groceries were thrown into a political panic. Hearings were held at the Capitol and self-righteous witnesses on both sides of the issue beat their breasts and shouted their convictions...