Word: stringent
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...will almost certainly grant the urgent request, but will probably impose stringent conditions under which the Callaghan government will have to run the economy. Earlier this year the Group of Ten (industrial nations) had set up a credit line of $5.3 billion for Britain to be used as a weapon against the rapid deterioration of what was at one time the world's mightiest and proudest currency. About $1.23 billion of that total already borrowed by Britain must be paid back by December. Part of the debt will have to be paid with the new loan applied for last...
...black doctors and asked that white doctors examine them. Blacks were insulted; by using such words as awarding diplomas on a charitable basis, Davis had cheapened the blacks' hardwon gains. And students, who believed Davis's comments would lead admissions people to reevaluate their minority programs and adopt more stringent standards, felt compelled to correct the situation...
...black doctors and asked that white doctors examine them. Blacks were insulted; by using such words as awarding diplomas on a charitable basis, Davis had cheapened the blacks' hardwon gains. And students, who believed Davis's comments would lead admissions people to reevaluate their minority programs and adopt more stringent standards, felt compelled to correct the situation...
...government decree aimed at keeping potential subversives out of public service jobs. Universally known as the Radikalenerlass (radicals' decree), its tough guidelines have actually barred a mere 428 job applicants out of a total of 496,000. Even though other European democracies -notably France-have taken equally stringent actions to protect themselves from internal subversion, the decree has recently triggered mounting outrage both within and outside Germany...
...years since the Continental Congress began encouraging new manufacturing, a great deal has been done. Most colonies have forbidden the slaughter of lambs or sheep and the eating of mutton so that more sheep will be available for the infant wool industry ?textiles having suffered from the most stringent British prohibitions. A year ago, there were no fulling mills for woolen cloth in New Jersey; now there are 41. The Virginia Convention resolved to turn "from the cultivation of tobacco to the cultivation of such articles as may form a basis for domestic manufactures, which we will endeavour...