Word: stringent
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...poor nation simply to take advantage of cheap labor and lax laws. Says David Bull, chief of the Environment Liaison Center in Nairobi, Kenya: "There is a growing tendency for the larger multinational chemical concerns to locate their more hazardous factories in developing countries to escape the stringent safety regulations which they must follow at home...
...states have always had more stringent fiscal controls than the Federal Government. By statute or constitution, 49 states require some form of balanced budget (the exception: Vermont). Even so, the surpluses have not come easily. Many states fired employees and froze salaries. Expenditures on highways and other construction were postponed. The National Governors' Association (NGA) estimates that from 1981 to 1984, while federal outlays were increasing 10%, state spending went down an impressive 2%. Says Jesse Coles, South Carolina's budget director: "If the Federal Government would cut back as we did, we could make some progress...
Crimson: On the other hand, as Mr. Lewis raised recently, what effect does it have on the press to have a rule that limits its responibility for printing falsehoods? In Great Britain, for instance, there are much more stringent libel laws on the theory. I guess, that accuracy is what counts...
When a grandmother was abducted from the parking lot of a shopping mall and raped, Allred sued the center for lax security. She won an $85,000 settlement; the adverse publicity forced the mall to adopt more stringent protection for shoppers. When an oil company refused to promote a woman to its marketing department because customers in South America were reluctant to deal with women, Allred sued. An appellate court ruled that a company may not discriminate because of customer preference. Badgered by Allred, a dry-cleaning chain decided to equalize the prices it charged for cleaning similar...
Princeton Philosopher Paul Ramsey offers another version of that response. Ramsey comes from the other side of the great research debate. He argues that children may never be made guinea pigs and that we have no right to "consent" on their behalf. A most stringent Kantian, he would prohibit all experimentation on nonconsenting subjects. But for those of us who see the requirement for research as a moral imperative equal in force to the imperative to respect the individual, he counsels: if you must do it, do it, but do not deny the moral force of the imperative you violate...