Word: stringent
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reality, as Shultz and some Republican legislators see it, is that placing stringent human rights conditions on aid funds is counterproductive. Rather than bowing publicly to such U.S. pressure, they say, Salvadoran right-wingers are more likely to go their own way, blocking land reform and unleashing the death squads even more. In the long run, this argument goes, such activity creates more sympathy for the rebels, lifting their chances to win the military struggle. In the event they do win, they would almost certainly turn out to be even more authoritarian than the present government, and El Salvador would...
...control experts speculate that the Soviets had cut down on chemical warfare because of U.S. pressure. Some scientists, however, doubt that the Soviets ever used toxic weapons in Southeast Asia. "Yellow rain," they say, was actually bee excrement. Now, these critics suggest, the U.S. is simply using a more stringent standard of proof...
...high levels of the chemical had been detected in at least some of the products of most major food manufacturers in the U.S. Some states, like New Jersey, recalled contaminated baking mixes and destroyed tainted oranges, while others, such as Texas and Ohio, adopted federal guidelines. Massachusetts imposed more stringent standards than those handed down by Washington. It is estimated that this will add $100 million to the $1.1 billion that consumers in that state spend annually on baked goods and grain products. At least ten states opted, for the moment, to do nothing...
Given the rather stringent limitations the script imposes upon the performance, the Currier cast does a commendable job in making the audience conscious of man's mortality. The allegorical vignettes--in which each of the six cast members alternates characters--are well choreographed, and the carefully selected representational objects each actor sports add dimension to the scenes. Moreover, the cast's shrewd just a position of contemporary tunes and original comical skits with actual Tibetan scripture brings welcome levity to an otherwise cerebral show. Particularly worthy of note are the cast's rendition of the tune "This...
...leave, we will shed our blood to get them out. Even the children of the village have come to hate them." Following the bombing of the Israeli military headquarters in Tyre on Nov. 4, a Shi'ite terrorist action in which 61 people were killed, the Israelis instituted stringent security precautions at the Awali River bridge. The result has been a horrendous traffic bottleneck at the bridge. Trucks, many of them carrying consumer goods between Sidon and Beirut, have sometimes had to wait two days or longer to get across, and almost never less than several hours. This...