31.   Rigid rules were abandoned and flexibility became the order of the day.

32.   So are closely guarded and unspeakable secrets, lack of privacy, coercive or manipulative control tactics, rigid rules and a deep suspicion of outsiders or anything different.

33.   Syria and Libya are perhaps the best examples of rigid authoritarian Arab rule.

34.   The family had rigid rules about the telephone, curfews and the car.

35.   The Iranian people in the recent parliamentary elections showed they want relief from rigid fundamentalist rule.

36.   They say they want to make a business out of electric cars and not be governed by rigid state rules.

37.   Though it would seem that the rigid rules governing most aspects of sushi-making would prohibit innovation, sushi has evolved.

38.   Under the rigid rules that dictate sentencing in the U.S. District Courts, Sprei was supposed to receive three to four years in prison.

39.   Until then, the doctor can practice only if he adheres to rigid rules.

40.   He makes clear, however, that other rigid rules will remain.