Word: stricting
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They insisted on strict enforcement of the Sabbath, which caused grumbling from the more worldly Mapai partner. They demanded that Yemenite children, who were arriving at immigrant camps in droves, be entered in orthodox religious schools, and Ben-Gurion gave in. But when the government set up immigrant work villages, and the orthodox bloc insisted that the schooling arrangement be carried over into them, the Premier balked...
...seem harmless, but there is no difference in intention between them and the outright purchase of football players. Even "traditional rivalries" are more expendable than education, and should not become the criteria of a football policy. If a traditional rival prefers the rarified air of the Top Ten to strict compliance with the rules, then it is useless for Harvard to attempt to keep up with...
...resignation was announced earlier this month, sportswriters sharpened their pencils and alumni critics sharpened their axes. Since then both groups have been busy whooping up a "renaissance" in Harvard football. They have accepted a nationwide fallacy about the place of football in a college program, and have submerged the strict amateurism which Mr. Bingham represented...
Mann, in a time when every man must keep his wits about him, had not been paying strict attention...
...President revived an old, familiar problem: gerrymandering in congressional election districts. Last week he asked Congress to lay down a strict set of rules for redistributing the states' allotted Representatives more equally among their populations, as tallied in the 1950 census...