Word: stringent
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...history of the Senate bill is equally convoluted. Unlike the House version, the bill does not contain a provision for strong federal override. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54 (D_Mass.), the bill's sponsor, is a strong supporter of local governments' right to enforce guidelines more stringent than the federal ones. Kennedy's strong stand against total federal control of standards may be one reason for the legislative confusion presently surrounding the bill. Knowledgeable aides say many influential senators do not support Kennedy's position and that the bill will probably not pass the Senate without some form...
...later, Mr. B set Gelsey the stringent task of dancing Theme and Variations. He made his earlier version even more intricate and Gelsey rose to the challenge. But the strain on her overtaxed system was considerable. She developed tendinitis and began thinking the unthinkable: "I love dancing more than anything in the world, but I cannot dance with this pain...
...Vance style is quieter. While stringent, his security arrangements are lower-keyed than Kissinger's. The former Secretary used to fly his armored limousine around the world; Vance rides in the local ambassador's car. Dealing with the press, Vance is more reserved than Kissinger was, rarely holding discussions from a plane-seat armrest. He prefers formal briefings, does not treat reporters as cronies and does not like to gossip. Still, there are signs that his style is becoming more relaxed as he gets to know the dozen or so correspondents who are steadily assigned...
...says Gerald Grünwald, professor of criminal procedure at the Friedrich-Wilhelms University in Bonn, "but there is a tendency toward an authoritarian state and a limitation of freedom." Notes Margret Möller, legal adviser to the Christian Democratic Union, whose conservative members push for even more stringent restrictions: "Nonsense, these people, the terrorists and their lawyers, don't believe in our system of justice. That's the deeper issue. If the defense counsel keep to the rules, no one will touch them...
With their record now 3-2, the laxwomen take on Brown next Tuesday in what will most probably be one of their most stringent tests of the season...