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Hundreds of programs aim to rehabilitate troubled teens by forcing them to brave the rigors of the great outdoors.
This delightful oasis of greenery boasts some 26,000 species of plants and trees from all over the world, lovingly tended to resist the rigors of the Québec climate.
Flagellation and similar rigors introduced into other Italian monasteries by the Irish monk Columbanus were soon modified by the gentler Benedictine rule.
Still, basic training is meant to model some of the rigors of war, and it turns out to be a useful model indeed: The complaints of sexual harassment that deluged the Army after the Aberdeen scandal (which itself didn't involve basic training) show how male and female psychology can complicate life for a sexually integrated army.
Despite the rigors of first ladyhood, she always made time to chaperone class trips, organize slumber parties, and check that Chelsea swept up any popcorn she'd spilled in the White House screening room.