Word: stringent
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Appleton, Wisc.--Despite its location in the midst of Wisconsin farmland Lawrence College is definitely not Godforsaken. Rather, it is His adversary who seems to have passed the college by, for with stringent rules against alcohol and automobiles, and a required course in religion, Lawrence is, in the words of one professor, "a bothed of morality...
...family, or the murderer. The force of the deterrent argument is diminished by the fact that the greater majority of executions are conducted in secret, and with the exception of those few convicted after sensational court trials, newspapers seldom even report such occurrences. Statistics also prove that states with stringent punishments for capital crimes have as high a crime rate as states with no death penalty. Karl Scheuessler in Deterrent Influences of the Death Penalty concludes that "case studies consistently reveal that the murderer seldom considers the possible consequences of his actions, and, if he does, he evidently...
...liberalized its marriage canon; bishops got authority to decide whether or not divorced people could be remarried in church. Faced with a similar divorce rise, the synod of Germany's United Evangelical Lutheran Church has decided to do just the opposite. Last week a new, more stringent set of marriage regulations went into effect for 18 million German Lutherans...
Requirements for an honors degree are hardly more stringent than for non-honors. The honors candidate must take an additional course in math and write a thesis...
...area. Philbrick, an F.B.I. agent who posed for years as a communist to gather evidence of subversion, has shown the Congressional committee substantial proof of his claim. The existence of communist ministers is a reality and a dangerous one. When a man chooses the ministry, he accepts even more stringent responsibilities than does a teacher. He is free to evaluate and propound ideas, but they must be concepts compatible with his calling. That a man of God should profess a Godless doctrine is an impossible paradox...