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...radio talk, the President characterized many schools as "filled with rude, unruly behavior and even violence." But the Government report insisted that measures to tighten discipline "do not require massive spending, only motivation and leadership." School supervisors answer that money is essential for developing programs to give students extra help. California, for example, runs 439 schools, at an annual cost of about $200 million, at which troubled youngsters are given counseling and special attention...
...corporate loans, from 16.5% to 10.5%, and triggered an economic upturn last spring that was much brisker than expected. From April through September, the gross national product, adjusted for inflation, expanded at an 8.6% annual pace. The economy was so exuberant, in fact, that the Reserve Board decided to tighten slightly in late spring, and the prime rate later rose a notch, to 11%. Government figures released last week showed that G.N.P. growth slowed to a more sustainable 4.5% pace in the fourth quarter and that consumer prices rose in November at a modest 3.6% annual rate...
...this occasion, Her Majesty was also something of a power behind the throne. As nominal leader of the Commonwealth, a loose association of 48 former British colonies, she was working quietly "behind the scenes," as one aide put it, to tighten the ties that still bind those nations. She held private talks with each of the 36 heads of government who had assembled in New Delhi for the Commonwealth's seventh biennial meeting...
...wrongdoing, in both cases the University, like most other colleges, has been guilty of a "systematic abuse" of loosely-worded regulations and hazy guidelines. Within both the House Ways and Means Committee and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), officials have moved in recent years to tighten rules and close loopholes--moves that have affected Harvard's purse strings...
...took Brown 40 seconds to strike back. Marinello got a beautiful feed from Ellen Bopp and punched the ball into an open net. "The third goal was the killer. Harvard Coach Bob Scalise said after the game. "We didn't tighten up defensively. We were letting them pass...