Word: rigidness
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Heartened by her discovery and angry that she had suffered A.A.'s rigid discipline for so long, Kishline decided to create a support group and treatment approach of her own. A little research quickly revealed that controlled drinking, as opposed to total abstinence, is an acceptable therapy in many parts of the world. Her own program, Moderation Management, begins with a month of abstinence. After that, members are given drinking guidelines: for men, no more than four drinks on any given day and a maximum of 14 drinks a week. Women, whose smaller size means they metabolize alcohol differently...
...whole, balanced and infinitely wise, there is no possibility that the limited and biased views of Reed will be allowed to control the religious and political climate of the U.S. Reed will be permitted to make a needed contribution if he can avoid becoming overly self-serving and rigid. He must keep in mind that, like all religious and political leaders, he will remain a few notches below God. FARIES J. MCDANIEL Dallas...
...stubborn problem: France has recovered from the global recession of the late 1980s and early '90s much more slowly than the U.S. or most of its European neighbors. Having automated heavily in the '80s, moreover, France has a high level of structural unemployment that is aggravated by rigid labor laws and an expensive social welfare system. Chirac says he will offer employers a two-year exemption from payroll taxes and a $400 per month stipend for every long-term unemployed worker they hire. He pledges to lower income taxes and inheritance duties on businesses, exempt reinvested profits from taxation...
...Rigid envelope...
...unlike anything I'd ever done before," sophomore Matt Doberman, who plays on B side, says. "I decided to come out as a freshman, because it is not as rigid as a varsity sport, but it's still an extremely competitive sport...