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Between “Downton” and Professor McGonagall an adoring public saw in Smith an endlessly entertaining, tippling grandmother and that endearing teacher who balanced strictness with caring.

The move reflects the strictness of the stance Penn is taking on how to deal with political protests, an issue universities nationwide have been grappling with following months of demonstrations against the war in Gaza.

In 1869, the British critic Matthew Arnold observed that Protestant Americans had internalized Hebraism’s scourging demands for “conduct and obedience” and “strictness of conscience”:

Children are scared to go to a school run like a "military boot camp" because of a teacher known for his strictness, a parent claims.

The court emphasized that in criminal cases, the compelling interest in prompt trials demands that courts apply the interlocutory appeal doctrine “with utmost strictness.”