Word: stringent
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...That hurt us," Duffy said. "Our corners are usually our strength--because the officials were so stringent it hurt...
Current members of the Harvard crew will most likely not be allowed to participate in the filming because of rigorous schedules and stringent N.C.A.A. rules, which Parker called "oppressive, to say the least...
...hand, if the goal is to create a competitive football league, it would seem predestined to fail. Holding some schools to more stringent standards than others insures that over time the academically less competitive schools become the athletic powerhouses, or at the very least are presented with that opportunity, while the more academically competitive ones are faced with a major handicap. And the recent dominance of three-time defending Ivy League champion Penn indicates that has already happened...
While the University could either opt for a good team or stringent academic standards, with the AI it is left with neither. What it is able to do is have something that it can show to both sides and pretend to give them each what they want...
...that classifies cigarettes as a type of "medical device" capable of delivering an addictive drug--nicotine. The decision triggers FDA regulation, and will be used to impose anti-tobacco rules to protect children. Among them: a strict prohibition of sales to minors, a ban on cigarette-vending machines and stringent curbs on ads aimed at youngsters. The tobacco industry immediately filed suit to stop the measures...