Mr. Himmelman said that the interview process was extra-rigorous, which he speculated was to make sure he could write even though he had no journalism experience, and to avoid allegations of favoritism, since he and Mr. Woodward belonged to the same Yale secret society, Book and Snake.
Bronx Prep started with 102 fifth and sixth graders -- and seven teachers -- three weeks before almost every other New York City public school, part of its regimen of extra class time and rigorous discipline.
Cindy Zipf, executive director of Clean Ocean Action, a New Jersey environmental group, said that the river cleanup seemed a modest step and that dredging the extra five feet needed rigorous environmental scrutiny.
For extra measure, he cited the rigorous health checks demanded by the likes of the European Food Safety Authority and the USA Food and Drug Administration.
A report in the Guardian suggested the extra, unpaid time taken for "rigorous" compulsory searches meant workers were paid less than the minimum wage.
In the 1990s, British supermarkets became the first to demand rigorous controls - and pay extra for them.
High school students take the rigorous exams for an extra academic challenge and, if they pass, to receive college credit or to be placed in a more advanced course.
With all those extra-smart people on staff, and rigorous attention to the recruitment of solid management for each of the companies, Idealab firms might indeed have an edge.
To secure an invitation to join a posse, nominees must go through a rigorous interview process that gives extra weight to leadership potential.
This may be interpreted to suggest that investigators probably go an extra mile to provide information during the rigorous process of recruiting participants for clinical trials.
Preparation for a cat show of this kind is rigorous, and there are many owners who go way beyond the extra mile, the extra mile being a "show bath" that takes three hours and can require seven different kinds of shampoo, hot oil and conditioner.
