Word: stringent
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Hispanic leaders were upset by recent announcements of more stringent entrance requirements for the University of California. They also fear that the Supreme Court's decision in the Allan Bakke case will work against their admission to U.S. universities. Meanwhile, chicanos deeply resent the success of black colleges and universities in getting federal aid. Says Los Angeles School Board Member Julian Nava: "There are 120 black [U.S.] colleges and universities receiving multimillion-dollar subsidies from Congress, but there isn't a single, goddamned Mexican-American institution of higher education." Actually, there are five-all small, struggling colleges...
Gilbert and the team of scientists traveled to England to devise a method to make bacteria produce human insulin, an experiment which can only be performed in Britain because of less stringent regulations...
...growing mood of withdrawal and isolationism, a retreat from obligations stated and unstated, a desire to redefine everything in terms that only serve the self, rather than defining the self with a civic sense for others." A strong believer in academic programs with a diverse course selection and stringent requirements, Giamatti finds himself primarily concerned with the quality of education students at Yale are receiving. As president of the university, he would like to insure the endurance of the teaching profession...
These allegations are clearly exaggerated. Stringent enforcement of security measures has kept fissionable materials safe-the country already handles such hazardous substances as explosives and deadly chemicals-without impinging upon personal freedoms. The U.S. decision not to sell uranium-enrichment and reprocessing technology abroad will do nothing to prevent weapons proliferation. Indeed, it will cost America its chance to control international traffic in nuclear materials. France and the Soviet Union are reprocessing nuclear fuels for shipment to other countries...
...unattractive, some important features added by a House-Senate conference committe this summer make it even more unsavory. The conference shifted the burdens of cost to weigh more heavily on residential users rather than on industry, raised incremental price levels for old gas which is already flowing, and put stringent limits on the amount of gas which can be allocated to home owners in an emergency shortage. none of these measures will help Americans to stop using oil or save energy; all of them were apparently inserted to placate feisty legislators from producing states, and hold together a fragile House...