Word: stringent
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...fashion. You enter its world as you would the Robedaux family home in Harrison, Texas. Through the lazy air swirl names familiar to everyone but you, bits of gossip about people you may never meet. You will feel like an intruder unless you accept this film on its own stringent terms: as a home-movie reverie about people who are cordial but not awfully forthcoming. They were here long before you came; they will continue, at their own measured gait, long after you leave. Life is like that too --every human relationship demands inferences based on insufficient evidence--but movies...
...related issue, the Cambridge Rent Control Board will have to decide whether the building falls under the city's stringent rent control laws when Harvard converts it to affiliated housing...
...Japanese seem to give in to American wishes, they still manage to come out winners. On March 31, the so-called voluntary-restraint agreement on shipments of Japanese automobiles to the U.S. will be lifted. The arrangement was begun by the Japanese four years ago to head off stringent measures by Congress to protect Detroit's then bleeding auto industry. Helped by the protection and by their own new efficiencies, Detroit's automakers have revived, earning profits of $9.8 billion in 1984. One sign of prosperity: Ford Motor Co. last week distributed $360 million of its $2.9 billion...
...Department of Defense (DOD) has relegated this job to private corporations, subject to "stringent" safety precautions, such as Arthur D. Little, Inc. (ADL), located in Cambridge. A controversy arises in this seemingly simple set-up when it becomes apparent that the DOD regulations do not take responsibility for potential hazards to researchers and surrounding communities and that the citizens of Cambridge will not tolerate the risks of "supertoxic" chemical weapons research. Furthermore, ADL has dealt inconsistently with the city government and has misled the public...
...Rent Control Board must determine, at its March 7 meeting, whether the property falls under Cambridge's stringent rent control regulations and if so, whether Harvard must first obtain permission to remove the buildings from rent control before taking any action...