Word: stringently
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...uphold stringent safety requirements, fresh air must continually recirculate through the labs, Harry W. Orf, director of the Biochemical Laboratories and lecturer in Biochemistry and Chemistry, says. In addition, the air pressure in each lab room must be kept lower than the pressure in the hallways to prevent fumes from escaping...
Regulatory Agencies Businessmen have been complaining ever more loudly in recent years that federal regulators are saddling them with expensive and unrealistically stringent health, safety and environmental standards. The Supreme Court last week struck down one such standard set by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), but left unclear just what kind of standard might be legal...
...Three were further stung when Congress imposed stringent fuel economy standards. These dictated that each manufacturer's fleet of cars would achieve 18 m.p.g. by 1978, increasing each year, to 27.5 m.p.g. by 1985. Already burdened by costly safety and emission standards, Detroit screamed that the mileage standards were ruinous. With the lead time for all-new cars a minimum of five years, the industry felt it scarcely had time to comply...
What particularly troubled some corporate executives was the sharp .8% increase in unemployment that occurred in April alone, sending the overall rate to 7%. Mindful that the jobless rate jumped from 4.8% to 9% in the 1973-75 recession, a few warned last week that the Administration's stringent anti-inflation policies could quickly push joblessness from its current 7% level to a chilling 12% or beyond by early next year...
...with Thatcher's performance has risen to 55%. Still, Political Analyst Robert Worcester contends that "she has come through this year reasonably well. She has taken on a tough assignment, squared up to it and bulled ahead." Surprisingly, the polls showed a gain for the government after the stringent March budget, which slashed public programs and upped excise taxes on prescription medicines and beer. The poll result suggested that Thatcher's message is getting through to the public...