Oct 23rd, 2008 · Like Million Dollar Baby and his World War II films, the director's new true-crime drama centers on a driven protagonist facing the rigid ideology of a major institution — this time, the LAPD.
Aug 8th, 2008 · For more than three decades, the Code applied rigid moral scrutiny to films, banning everything from interracial dating to "lustful kissing." It died officially in 1968 — but in practice, it was always taking hits.
May 9th, 2008 · The big question in Cuba is how far the new president, Raul Castro, is willing to go in changing the country. Many elements of his brother Fidel's rigid system of state socialism are still in place, such as food rationing.
Apr 14th, 2008 · Pope Benedict XVI arrives in the United States on Tuesday for his first papal visit. He comes with a reputation as a rigid enforcer of dogma, but the German-born pontiff may receive a much warmer welcome here than he has been getting in increasingly secularized Europe.
Mar 28th, 2008 · A new book offers a fresh perspective on Christian fundamentalism, arguing against the common stereotypes of being rigid and unapologetically dogmatic. Author Brett Grainger discusses, In The World But Not of It: One Family's Militant Faith and the History of Fundamentalism in America.
Oct 2nd, 2007 · The Supreme Court hears arguments in two drug-crime cases Tuesday. One is a further test of the new use of the old sentencing rules, which the court has found to be guidelines rather than rigid requirements. The other tests the federal law that requires longer sentences for crack-cocaine violations than for powder cocaine violations.
Apr 15th, 2006 · Many economists believe an inability to create flexibility in a rigid labor market contributes to France's high jobless rate. Yet many French companies are world leaders and France has the world's fifth-largest economy.
Dec 29th, 2005 · Many Roman Catholics in the United States expected Pope Benedict XVI would immediately begin to enforce a rigid orthodoxy after ascending to the papacy in June. But observers see a difference between the actions of former Cardinal Josef Ratzinger and his new role as pope.