Word: loosen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Vellucci's repeated wobbling on the Linnaean and Washington case shows just how his tightrope stance hurts both tenants and would-be condo owners cross the city. By first signalling that he would make exemptions to the condo codes, then refusing to amend them, and then moving again to loosen the regulations. Vellucci generates fear on the one hand in tenants who could lose their apartments to condo conversion and raises false hopes on the other in condo investors...
...will not buckle to the forces of the Great Conspiracy. We will not countenance those who would disagree with our Vision. We will not fail to tame Interest Rates and their perpetrators. We will not fail to loosen the fetters of the repressed crude-oil Priviligentsia. We will not fail to meet the test...
...European officials are openly concerned about the quality of advice that Reagan receives from the men around him. They fear that the President's most hawkish advisers, notably Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger and White House Counsellor Edwin Meese, may look upon the Polish crisis as a chance to loosen the Soviet grasp on Eastern Europe. Such a policy, in turn, might force Moscow to crack down even harder. Others claim to hear too many voices coming from the Administration. Says a peeved British diplomat: "No sooner does one U.S. official announce an attitude than within 24 hours another...
American businessmen had hoped that Reagan would loosen trade restrictions rather than tighten them. Says an executive at a major oil company: "We had been counting on this Administration to give those of us interested in East-West trade some clear principles on which we could build long-range relations with the East. Unfortunately, imposition of these sanctions makes it difficult for us to know precisely whether we should or shouldn't plan on doing business with the East. It seems just as bad now as it did under Carter from our point of view...
Almost invariably, efforts to improve the economy create a Catch-22 trap for Soviet leaders. To stimulate output, they must increase incentives and loosen central control. But to do so means giving up some of their vested power, which they are loath to do. Moreover, Soviet preoccupation with defense prevents any substantial diversion of resources to consumers. "The Soviets don't seem to take account of popular needs and wants as they should," says a U.S. official. Adds Goldman: "They have a tired leadership and a tired economy. Coupled with the pressures from places like Poland...