Word: stringent
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After Harvard filed eviction papers with the Cambridge Rent Control Board, Ferranti-Dege filed a petition for a permit to remove apartment 209 from the city's stringent rent-control restrictions. Such a permit would allow the unit to be used for commercial purposes...
...Tomorrow, go stand outside the gates to the Mt. Auburn St. green and look in longingly. When members of the Fly are nearby, say things like "Gosh, I really wish I could use that exclusive field. It's just too bad I don't meet their stringent social qualifications...
...dwindling. Thirty-nine states and numerous localities now have ordinances against smoking on public transportation and in public places, including schools, hospitals, auditoriums, theaters and government buildings. Two weeks ago, New York City Mayor Ed Koch (who quit smoking in 1952) proposed what he termed the most stringent antismoking regulations in the nation. If enacted, Koch's law would forbid smoking in enclosed public spaces, such as taxis, stores and rest rooms (there goes that refuge...
Holway and Sullivan have voiced emphases closer to the political center. Holway has called for "more compassionate government"--and more stringent criminal sentencing. Sullivan's recent campaign announcement called on business and industry to augment social programs. She has also emphasized the housing and MBTA reform as issues to be addressed. Holway called Sullivan "a formidable opponent," rating White's candidacy as less of a challenge to his campaign...
...difficult to use drugs and make a living. The economic deterrent may begin to succeed where the legal deterrent has failed. Says Walsh of the National Institute on Drug Abuse: "We feel that if Big Business continues as it has in the last year to develop more and more stringent kinds of policies, it eventually will reduce the demand for illicit substances. It may be very effective in changing the way people view drug taking in this country...