Word: stricter
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...wins five seats--as it last did in 1971--it will most likely use its clear majority to enact stricter curbs on developers. It could also refuse to renew the contract of City Manager Robert W. Healy, an Independent ally, and it might investigate Independent-dominated city departments such as Inspectional Services...
Palmer said a better solution would be stricter enforcement of the present policy, which states that students must be 21 to drink, and then only in their rooms. The policy has not been reviewed since the Connecticut drinking age was raised to 21 five years ago, he said...
...done to prevent the world from wallowing in waste? Most important is to reduce trash at its source. At the consumer level, one option is to charge households a garbage-collection fee according to the amount of refuse they produce. Manufacturers too need more prodding. Higher fines, taxes and stricter enforcement might force offending industries to curb waste. Industry must also re-examine its production processes. Such an approach already has a successful track record. The Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. has cut waste generation in half by using fewer toxic chemicals, separating out wastes that can be reused...
Part of the applicant deluge was attributed to nonmigrant aliens who failed to qualify for the stricter residency regulations in the amnesty program passed by Congress in 1986. The deadline for that program was last May 4. Many who could not meet the test apparently acted on rumors that INS was not checking documents thoroughly for the special agricultural amnesty...
George Bush, who endorsed a tougher Senate version of the bill during the campaign, said he would introduce his own ethics legislation. But odds are slim that Congress, without the pressure of an election, will enact a stricter ethics law affecting its own members. Observed Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank: "There were a lot of votes behind this bill, but not a lot of support...