Word: loosening
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...week, as the nation's builders clamored over the drop in housing starts caused by the tightening of mortgage money (see above). Housing Administrator Albert Cole promised the Mortgage Bankers Convention in Los Angeles: "I can assure you ... the hands that tightened the rein will not hesitate to loosen it when and as conditions so recommend...
...week's end Sir John Harding personally delivered London's reply to the archbishop: a stern no. Britain, as immovable as any of Aphrodite's daughters, was not yet ready to loosen its grip on its eastern Mediterranean military command post by conceding the right of self-determination...
...also foresaw some possible trouble spots in the economy in the excessive rise in consumer credit and mortgage debt. The Chamber thought that the Government's efforts to restrict credit were all to the good, and concluded: "A general tightening of credit now . . . would allow elbow room to loosen credit next year to buoy up the economy if necessary...
...rifle training may have good cause to complain that his left arm is so numb that he cannot move it, three medics at the U.S. Army Hospital at Camp Chaffee, Ark. reported. They saw scores of cases of "rifle-sling palsy," lasting as long as three weeks. The answer: loosen the sling every few minutes...
...teams will each run an hour practice tonight in order to loosen up after the nine-hour plane ride today and become accustomed to the dryer climate...