Word: stricter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...retrenching to cut their losses. One tough move was aimed at the many depositors who habitually overdraw their bank accounts between monthly paychecks. The banks have begun charging stiff monthly rates of up to 16.25% for overdraft privileges, compared with some 13% in December. Other steps have included stricter credit-card policies and a 20% increase in fees and commissions on most transactions...
...situation has worsened, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have begun to impose stricter conditions on countries receiving aid. These include devaluation of inflated currencies, realistic exchange controls, scaled-back development projects and more efficient administration of loans...
Last week, amid great expectations, Michaels returned. Not to the low-key late-night schedule, but to the hour of reckoning: prime time. And not for a loose-limbed 90 minutes but for a stricter 60. The question that hovered over the whole endeavor: What could he do for an encore without cannibalizing his own success...
...register these complaints, the Cambridge Rent Control Coalition (CRCC) is pushing a non-binding, six-point referendum on Tuesday's ballot which would advocate an even more restrictive stance, including an increase in public and private funds for rehabilitation of low cost housing, stricter vacancy controls, capping rent increase and inclusionary zoning laws. The campaign has divided along the traditional conservative/liberal split. But both sides agree that, with 70 percent of the city considered tenants, the referendum will easily pass. Whether it will mean anything hangs on the city council elections on the same day. If the current even split...
...stricter accounting procedures, including "effort reporting" that requires researchers to detail how they spend their time, should prevent any questioning of researchers, integrity. While this will put added burdens of time and cost on all university research, federal officials point out the cost of such record-keeping is included in all government grants...