Word: tighten
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...lira rests on none too firm a foundation. Germany's condition would cause less stoical a man than Hitler to weep. Her trade balance would be justly complimented by being called unfavorable, and her political stability is almost wholly dependent on the extent to which Germans are willing to tighten their belts without resort to revolt. The Saar plebiscite is not yet over, nor is the question of how Germany will be able to meet her payments to France for the Saar coal mines. But the most serious problem of all, which has recently been disturbingly quiescent, is that...
...Department found itself in a morass of legal tangles arising from the difficulty of deciding what needs are ''reasonable." It was clear from last week's outpouring of extra dividends that many a corporation had decided to split swollen surpluses with its stockholders before Congress meets in January to tighten the revenue law's definitions...
...Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace acted late today to tighten enforcement of cotton reduction contracts after being informed that the acreage control program was working injustices to tenant farmers and was causing increased unemployment in the South...
Unlike most universities Harvard has not seen fit to tighten up on the requirements for graduate degrees. This is especially true of the master's degree. It can be obtained in most of the departments by passing four courses with a grade of B or higher, and three of these may be the regular undergraduate courses. A ruling of the government department, however, to go into effect next fall, requires that for the degree of A.M. in political science, the candidate must, besides the requirements stated above, pass a general examination and present a thesis...
...short, squat, bowlegged manifestation of dignity is waddling up Mass. Avenue towards the Square. He probably stops at the sign of Billings and Stover; for this is midafternoon, and the Professor must tighten his belt with the traditional milkshake. Emerging, he will puff out his lips, tap his black cane contentedly on the sidewalk, and roll on his way. Pausing a moment, he will reach into his pocket, pick out the cigar he had not smoked during some faculty meeting and give it to the blind news dealer. Again the puff, the cane, and the bow legs swing into action...