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Still 6 ft. 2½ in., but now a fragile 198 Ib., I am waiting for my final acceptance into the Navy air service, expect to be accepted as soon as I scale 190 Ib. The Navy, while more stringent, allowed me to take their entire physical examination first, lose weight after I was sure everything else was up to standards...
...reddest rag that can be waved in front of any liberal-to-leftist Canadian is a copy of the stringent Defense of Canada Regulations, drafted to protect the Dominion from subversive activities. Under the Regulations, left-wing papers have been suppressed, more than 1,500 "Communists" and smalltime Fascists have been placed in internment camps without formal trial. Regarded by the Government-as a necessary accessory to Canada's war effort, opponents see the Regulations as a dangerous breach of civil liberties...
...stringent financial limits imposed by the present system of tenure have not often forced the University to lose as good a man as Professor Potter. It is with deep regret that the many students who have come in contact with him will learn that he is not to be teaching at Harvard next year...
...Bureau is now handling an interesting child marriage case. A girl of 14 and boy of 15 got married as a prank. They left their home state to get married under the less stringent age limitations in South Carolina, but they never lived together...
When his train finally did come, detectives covered the roof, protecting him from every possible angle. Only those with special permission were allowed on the platform. The same stringent protection was in evidence all the way up Summer Street, with cops and detectives lining the way, making it impossible to approach his car. The crowds, though bigger than at the American Legion parade, were amazingly silent and only a few handfuls of confetti were thrown...