Word: stringent
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...pointed out that, because of stringent economy, our Army has now only 80% of the commissioned officers required for its peace strength; that it had become necessary to issue to enlisted men inferior equipment left over from the War; that the National Guard had grown beyond the limits set for it in current appropriations; that soon most of the veterans of the War would have reached such an age that we would be left without a reserve of citizens trained and with experience in the field. That some plan for building up a dependable reserve must be undertaken...
Provisions restricting club "rushing" activities before October 20, the date on which Sophomores may be elected to any of the undergraduate clubs, will be more stringent this year than ever before, according to an announcement made by Mr. R. H. Holt '11, secretary of the Advisory Committee. The provisions, as passed by the Advisory Committee, are as follows...
...because Mr. LaFollette is thus running without running that Frank R. Kent (famed political writer) made the remark, perhaps a bit stringent but yet with an element of truth: "Either Mr. Coolidge or Mr. Davis may be elected President. LaFollette is safe in saying and doing a lot of things impossible for them. They might have to 'make good.' He will not be called...
...excellent examples of naivete were wanted, no better could be found than in the Commissioner and Acting Commissioner of Police of New York. Commissioner Enright, deeply stirred by two outrageous crimes during last week, announced that the only possible remedy for the state of affairs was a more stringent pistol law, and then headed south for a sojourn in Bermuda. Acting Commissioner Leach has now taken up the reins and decided sapiently to settle the bother by running crooks and male-factors out of town...
Dear Sir,--As an undergraduate I feel it my duty to comment upon the recent communication of Mr. Jentsch. It was on the understanding that Great Britain and the United States would protect her from Germany, that France consented to less stringent terms than she would otherwise have demanded. America, by refusing to ratify the League of Nations, and England, by exerting her policy of self-interest and balance of power, have both played her false, and when she cannot trust her allies, we cannot expect her to trust her enemy. With the very existence of the nation at stake...