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...breakdown of the survey results by gender shows that while 60 percent of men polled support the council's definition, only 46 percent of women surveyed support this less stringent policy...

Author: By Alessandra M. Galloni, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Divided Over Date Rape Terms | 10/29/1992 | See Source »

Many students expressed dissatisfaction with the College's stringent regulations...

Author: By Elizabeth J. Riemer, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Parties, Police and All Those People | 10/17/1992 | See Source »

...rules for candidates are quite stringent. Candidates were strictly for bidden from putting up posters indicating their intentions. They were also forbidden from even discussing their candidacies with prospective voters until yesterday. Candidates must single-handedly gain enough support to win office--in four days...

Author: By Daniel Altman, | Title: How to Win Friends and Influence People | 10/5/1992 | See Source »

Louisiana's stringent law prohibiting most abortions would send doctors who perform them illegally to jail for up to 10 years. Last week the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans struck down the law. Louisiana's attorney general, Richard Ieyoub, conceded that Louisiana "will have some difficulty" in defending its law if the state decides to appeal it to the U.S. Supreme Court. In a Pennsylvania case in June, the Supreme Court ruled out any restrictions that placed an "undue burden" on a woman seeking an abortion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Too Tough on Abortion | 10/5/1992 | See Source »

Cambridge is not a liberal city. You may think it is, with its pro-choice, pro-environment leaders, its stringent recycling laws and its strong support for civil rights and equality among all segments of the population. The "Kremlin on the Charles" is one of the only cities in America with a "peace commission...

Author: By Beth L. Pinsker, | Title: A Liberal Education | 9/26/1992 | See Source »

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