Word: stricter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...House vote marked a truce between feuding Democrats John Dingell of Michigan, a dogged opponent of auto regulation, and California's Henry Waxman, a champion of even stricter standards for clean air. The compromise proposal would cut emissions of nonmethane hydrocarbons, a key ingredient in smog, which can now average no more than 0.41 gram per mile for a carmaker's fleet. The House action would place a limit of 0.25 gram per mile on all cars by 1996; the output of nitrogen oxide, another source of smog, would be required to fall from 1 gram per mile...
Like the CCA, the Rainbow committee also supports placing stricter limits on new development and forcing builders to contribute more to the city. And like the CCA, it advocates strengthening the city's supply of affordable housing...
...developments, the party's Central Disciplinary Inspection Commission issued a strong warning against corruption by party members in state-run factories, and businesses. In a 10-minute report that opened the national television news, the commission ordered party officials to "raise the ideological quality of party members" and impose stricter discipline...
...dispute began in earnest when Illinois-based Motorola complained to the U.S. Government last April that Japan was reneging on part of a 1985 agreement to open up its telecommunications market. After reviewing the accord, Hills determined that the Japanese Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications was requiring stricter licensing procedures for foreign companies than for domestic competitors and would not assign any radio frequencies for Motorola- produced equipment in the Tokyo area. Hills declared that if the ministry did not change its position by July 10, she would slap punitive duties on a range of Japanese products. After ten days...
...disappointment, I heard after arriving here that the admissions office gives no more weight to Harvard Summer School than to any other summer programs. And the escape factor wasn't the liberating experience I had hoped it would be. My proctor was stricter about rules than my parents ever were...