Word: rigorous
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...should be extended by law. (a) It is now imperfect on account of its limited application-Nation, vol. 1, p. 108. (b) Rigor of stature necessary to check greed of office seekers. (c) Extension by executive regulation is insufficient. (e. g. Railway Mail and Census)-Address by G. W. Curtis, American Journal of Soc. Science...
...regretted marking system? Do the revered members of our highly-respected faculty realize that, in changing the marking system, they have demanded that every man in college shall obtain a yearly average of 60 per cent., instead of 50? And this, in face of the fact that the rigorously-minded instructors have not departed one jot or one tittle from their ancient rigor. I think I may safely say that I voice the opinion of the majority of the students (not that the majority have been dropped), when I urge that, if we must cling to the new marking system...
...gave rise to "fearing for the reason of her husband," and "appreciating the reason of his marriage," and the words "ecarter un peu son rideau" gave large opportunities to the guessers. Among the many mistranslations of these five words were the following: "She disobeyed his command," "she softened his rigor," "she shunned his bedside," "she opened her blinds," "she raised her head," "she polished her glasses" (common), "she listened to his reasons," "she lifted her eyelids," "she soothed her fears," "she checked her curiosity," "she moved her chair," "she joined in his laugh" (very common), "she broke her usual custom...
...throwing open of the civil and military service to competitive examination, thus giving the sons of the poorest and humblest men in the country a fair chance of filling places in the government service, which had previously been reserved for the younger sons of the gentry with such rigor that John Bright once called that service "a vast system of out-door relief for the British aristocracy." Indeed, it was said that "in England the opening of the civil and military service, in its influence upon the national education, was equivalent to a hundred thousand scholarships and exhibitions...
...notice is sent to his parents, and he is warned. If he receives thirty he is suspended from college for two or four weeks. If he received over twenty the whole number "count off his grade" - two-tenths for each absence. All these rules are enforced with some rigor. Is it necessary to add how this system is viewed by the students...