Word: disciplinarian
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...DOCTRINAL DISCIPLINARIAN...
Directors of movies with kid actors have to be parent and disciplinarian, coach and coaxer to their young stars. But there are limits to how much children can be helped. And as movies with kid protagonists become more popular, and our understanding of children's psyches becomes more sophisticated, child actors are asked to carry a lot more of the emotional freight of a story. How then to find and direct kids...
...year experience. For many of our students, life in the Yard highlights for the first time the need to balance self-reliance and independence with mutual and shared responsibility. Ibby’s sensitivity to this tension-—as a compassionate mentor and a fair disciplinarian-—has made her a model for first-years and proctors, alike. She has made first-years’ lives better...
...only noticeable change in his rhetoric since he swept up left-leaning voters in the primaries. Kerry has dropped references to "Benedict Arnold CEOs" who outsource U.S. jobs, preferring instead to talk about his proposed tax cuts for corporations. To prove he's a fiscal disciplinarian, Kerry scaled back his plans to increase aid to states...
...dean's office is an extremely busy place, and a student can, as a rule, have only a few minutes. The doctor, on the other hand, allows any time up to two hours for a consultation. He does little talking and much listening, and he is not a disciplinarian. Any chaplain is obliged by training and conscience to preach moral warnings. The doctor's only duty is to discover causes, and by the discovery of these causes to find their cure. He cannot be shocked by delinquencies nor can he waste time in indignation...