Word: rigidness
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Reagan's rigid approach, both in his negotiations with Congress and in his appeal to the public, was strongly urged by National Security Adviser William Clark, who felt that the President's personal efforts could salvage the dwindling national consensus for more defense spending. The tactic was consistent with Reagan's deepest instincts; he fervently accepted Weinberger's arguments that the buildup proposed was the "bare minimum" needed for national security...
...would say she hit the train and then lay [between the tracks] rigid," McSweeney speculated. "If she would have turned over, she would have been dead," he added...
...modification took the form of a sleeve that was brazed, or soldered, around the pipes. Presumably, the added metal would have protected the fuel lines from chafing against other parts inside the crowded engine. After the brazing, however, the pipes became so rigid that they developed hairline cracks during test firings, allowing the highly combustible fuel to escape. Such leaks during a flight could cause a calamitous flash fire...
...report paints a grim portrait of Viet Nam. More than 60,000 political prisoners, it says, remained detained in "reeducation camps" without ever having been brought to trial. Citizens cannot travel, or even change residences, without permission. The press practices rigid self-censorship. There is no freedom of assembly. The forecast for future political rights in Viet Nam? Concludes the report: "Bleak...
...college, shows just how much good some extra attention can do. But in choosing students on the basis of test scores, any such program excludes a few students who deserve that extra chance, and almost every recent survey of high schools nationwide has found a number of such over-rigid tracking programs...