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...seem unnecessary to be so stringent with a group of 18-year-olds. But Plebe Summer is the indoctrination to four years at the Academy and years of service afterwards. The Academy stresses development “morally, mentally and physically.” Plebes learn to let go of emotion, to respect their superiors and each other, to think quickly under stress and be in top physical condition...
Originally, it required that students take two courses in each of three academic areas: the humanities, the social sciences and the natural sciences. This was in addition to the Expository Writing (Expos) requirement and a stringent four-semester in-residence language requirement...
...Dean of Undergraduate Education Jeffrey Wolcowitz said the intention of the new policy is to make studying abroad easier for those who have already chosen to do so as well as to encourage those who might have been “deterred” by the need to fulfill stringent requirements...
Whether they were advocating close government intervention or simple systems of incentives, however, the economists did agree on at least one point. The increase in median housing prices over time, they said, were the result of misdirected and overly-stringent building policies...
...doctors and governments are increasingly confident that even simple prevention measures and surveillance are highly effective in slowing down or even halting the disease. Vietnam was able to end its outbreak through vigilant contact tracing and isolation of patients. Tightly controlled places such as Singapore have adopted even more stringent procedures. Its infection-control methods have almost everyone in the city-state taking his or her own temperature twice a day and quarantine measures have extended even to the wife of Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew. It's paying off. Some believe Singapore may be able to declare the disease...