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...other sellers need to update the export trigger list continuously, even if, as the Pakistan case shows, its mere existence is no defense against espionage or theft. Only more stringent, worldwide security measures will work in combating proliferation by criminal means. Supplier nations need to impose stiffer penalties on individuals and firms that either violate atomic export restrictions or fail to investigate the bona fides of would-be purchasers...
Adam Barr is best when he is ordinary Avan imperial Russian minister, he seems stiffer that even the role would call for. But as the straight man to cruel fate, he excels. He reaches his peak as a pathetic gouty banker descending into madness under the onslaught of an aggressive female...
...match should be a good tune-up for the Crimson, who will face stiffer competition this weekend from Yale and Princeton...
...laude by their department must now also carry a general gpa of a 10 (B-minus) and at least a B-minus in two-thirds of their non-department courses. For magna seekers, the gpa must be 12 (B-plus) and the minumum grade B, while the requirements are stiffer still for summa candidates...
Civil libertarians and others are concerned that the stiffer laws favored by the commission might infringe upon a citizen's legitimate right to privacy in banking matters. Some critics in Congress charge that the commission's definition of laundering is too broad and could cast suspicion over large cash-banking transactions of all kinds. Arthur Brill, a commission staffer, dismisses those fears. He claims, "You have nothing to be concerned about if you're not taking shopping bags full of money to the counter...