We try to make candy with all the rigor and the professionalism of a public company but with the heart and the vitality of a private company, ... Business Unusual. From LearnThat.org. [Ellen R. Gordon (1931 - ) President, CEO, & Director of Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.]
Whatever this kind of blog discourse may lack in conventional "rigor" is certainly balanced out by its immediacy and its enthusiasm. From Wordnik.com. [Statement of Purpose] Reference
The lack of mathematical rigor is remedied by getting clues from experimental observations. From Wordnik.com. [Aiguy's Computer] Reference
So the book added a certain rigor and pushed me to make the ‘project’ whole and complete on some level. From Wordnik.com. [Artisan cheese and blogs-to-books] Reference
Further, as physicists understand, but many economists do not, rigor is not the same as mathematical formalism. From Wordnik.com. [Caldwell, Hayek, and Math, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
This rigor is somewhat relaxed in the larger cities, where greater liberty and consideration are accorded to women. From Wordnik.com. [Art and Handicraft in the Woman's Building of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893] Reference
The Seattle Prep curriculum and academic rigor is known to prepare any child admitted for just about any university of their choice. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Politics: A failed school district should dissolve itself, now] Reference
After death, the joints and muscles stiffen in a condition known as rigor mortis. From Wordnik.com. [Screaming Mummies!] Reference
And I think here, knowing that stiffening of the body, called rigor mortis, is already present. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 29, 2009] Reference
That's one of the first clues in trying to determine the time since death, but also something known as rigor mortis. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 10, 2005] Reference
Pork loin’s tender if it’s cooked quickly, but seizes up tougher than a wild boar in rigor mortis if it’s overcooked. From Wordnik.com. [You gonna eat that? Random musings on food and life in Orange County, California » Ramen House Mentatsu - Costa Mesa] Reference
But in the earlier hours or up to about a day or so, you look at the stiffening of the muscles after death, called rigor mortis. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 10, 2006] Reference
This kind of rigor is going to be needed in a global economy. From Wordnik.com. [High Heels To The Top] Reference
Students who are up for this kind of rigor should consider doing several things. From Wordnik.com. [Confessions of a Prep School College Counselor] Reference
Rhetorical reading cannot help fetishizing "rigor," but is also a rigorous critique of rigor. From Wordnik.com. [Professing Literature: John Guillory's Misreading of Paul de Man] Reference
He is now saying that he will persist in his ignorance and apply the same "rigor" to other cases. From Wordnik.com. [HuckPAC coordinator steps down, citing clemency decision] Reference
It is not mere semantic coincidence that the word "rigor" is most often paired with the word "mortis.". From Wordnik.com. [Steve Nelson: The Disservice of a 'Rigorous' Education] Reference
Praying is great, I'm all for prayer, and the regular intervals certainly impose a kind of rigor, but. From Wordnik.com. [The Hill of Crosses] Reference
Schools are increasingly characterized by "rigor," longer days, summer remediation and high-stakes tests. From Wordnik.com. [Steve Nelson: The Disservice of a 'Rigorous' Education] Reference
Thank you providing an alternative to the traditional definitions of "rigor," even if it was unintentional!. From Wordnik.com. [Are You Serious?] Reference
The post is based on one of his recent review expriences of a CHI paper where different views on "rigor" clashed. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-11-01] Reference
No longer a techne rhetorike, this new, late-twentieth-century art of rhetoric thematizes its technicity as "rigor". From Wordnik.com. [Professing Literature: John Guillory's Misreading of Paul de Man] Reference
Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin suggested in early May that investors use more "rigor" in evaluating their investments. From Wordnik.com. [How to Think About the Stock Market] Reference
Isn't "rigor" of this kind a product of the kind of effort being put forth by the writer rather than a function of the form?. From Wordnik.com. [Statement of Purpose] Reference
Those who argued for student empowerment and process goals viewed "rigor" as a code word for teacher-directed information cramming. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-01-01] Reference
Kant's practical reason attains the kind of rigor, based on pure a priori principles, which would be impossible in the ethics of Aristotle. From Wordnik.com. [Medieval Theories of Practical Reason] Reference
How an obsession with educational 'rigor' is hurting Lodi's students. From Wordnik.com. Reference
• Engineering academics are concerned with "rigor" and "the basics" (math, sci, eng sci). From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
About theorems and "rigor": Of course I like my math rigorous, but there's one area of math. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Different professors have different understandings of "rigor," so grading standards would vary widely across courses. From Wordnik.com. [The Daily Princetonian, 2009-12-01] Reference
Arvon said that Paine's focus was "rigor," saying that the test will be more difficult and will have changes this year. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal] Reference
"The goal is to treat this with the same kind of rigor, experience and analytics that's applied to paid media," Rutman said. From Wordnik.com. [Latest articles from DMNews] Reference
"rigor" imply an intellectual flavor that gives too much credit. From Wordnik.com. [Intellectual Conservative Politics and Philosophy] Reference
(if not the path of "rigor") entailed the recognition that one taught for money. From Wordnik.com. [Site One: A Romantic Education.] Reference
I hadn’t visited his blog before, but that kind of rigor is so rarely paid to these “pop nonfiction” books. From Wordnik.com. [Louann Brizendine’s “The Female Brain” Is Incredibly Bad] Reference
This diminishes the incentive for rigor in high schools. From Wordnik.com. [Let's Play 20 Questions] Reference
But the program's rigor, record, and reputation have skyrocketed. From Wordnik.com. [Two For the Price of One] Reference
The belief in blue brains and pink brains has real-world consequences, which is why Eliot goes after them with such vigor (and rigor). From Wordnik.com. [Pink Brain, Blue Brain] Reference
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