Word: stringent
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...probable factor in the decline was a decrease in the percentage of the population between 14 and 24 years old. That group commits a disproportionate number of crimes. Other possible causes are harsher laws and tougher judges imposing more stringent sentences. But that added up to another fact of American life: state and federal prison populations increased in 1983 by 24,000, to a record high...
...following day the attack was picked up by Treasury Secretary Regan. In a speech to Massachusetts businessmen and community leaders, he warned that the Federal Reserve's stringent credit policies could begin to hurt. Said he: "If the Fed continues on its tight path now, it will have an effect on November and December. Does that have us worried? You bet your life it has us worried...
...bishops' charges echoed other reports in recent months. Refugees who fled into neighboring Botswana told of beatings, rape and torture by government forces, and of villagers being denied food supplies as a result of a stringent 18-hour curfew and a ban on transport in and out of the region. The bishops' report, which was given to the government two weeks before it was released publicly last week, stung the Prime Minister. Mugabe, 60, who was brought up a Catholic and educated at the Catholic Kutama Mission, wished the churchmen "success in their prayers," but declared that...
...annual budget message, City Manager Robert W. Healy said that for the first time since voters approved the tax-cutting measure Proposition 21, in 1980, Cambridge complies with its stringent limitations on the city budget...
...talks with the IMF, the Argentines have made it clear that they would not agree to a stringent belt-tightening program that might slow growth. Their economy expanded only 2.8% in 1983, following two years of decline. "We will pay the foreign debt, but without recessive conditions," Alfonsin declared. "We will not negotiate the hunger of the people...