Word: rigidities
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...didn't sign the report, is happy about the outcome of the two-year Faculty debate. "They got it right when they decided to let the ideology come after the courses. It makes sense, because, after all, you don't first decide what nature is and then impose a rigid pre-conception on your experiments...
...ranking intensifies competition for good grades at a time when many colleges are in fact realizing that rigid grading may distort the learning process...
...factories freed from the rigid grip of central planning, Zhivkov reported output improved and labor productivity nearly tripled. Partly as a result, Zhivkov was able to promise Bulgarians "TV sets, refrigerators, washing machines, vacuum cleaners, cars, furniture"-coupled with a shorter work week (down from 46 hours to 44) and a much needed 7% wage increase across the board...
...Linton and Psychologist Jack D. Hain had originally feared that the withdrawn, introverted patients might become disorganized and panic under the drug; they were surprised to find that their rigid control-which may be a part of their emotional illness-proved enough to sustain them through an experience that they disliked intensely. Only the subjects who might normally be classed as sensation seekers reacted like thrilled acidheads...
...erosion of monolithic rule in Communist Europe continues apace. Last week Hungary revealed that it was joining Yugoslavia and Poland in abolishing the rigid list of unopposed candidates in national elections. From now on, Hungarian voters will be allowed a multiple choice of candidates-all of them, of course, Communist Party members...