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...president or from its own Congressional candidates. If Reagan follows through on his vows to cut taxes and social spending, raise the defense budget and toughen policy toward the Soviets, and "the Ted Kennedys" oppose him, then the conservative mandate is clear. Run behind the Reagan banner and tighten ties with the GOP. However, Weyrich warns, "It remains to be seen if we have a conservative White House, or a conservative Senate...
Melissa D. Gerrity, assistant dean of the Faculty for financial affairs, said this week that despite efforts to work around inflation and tighten the budgetary belt, the University still needs to enlarge its income stream with a tuition hike...
...flush with funds. Thanks to foreign sales of gold and oil, the Soviets have paid off $2.5 billion in private bank loans. Thus far, however, they have shown no inclination to bail out the Poles. A Polish default on foreign loans might give Moscow an excuse to tighten its hold on the economy or, at worst, grab direct power in Warsaw. don't go bankrupt," as Citicorp Chairman Walter Wriston once said. But they can delay or, as in the case of Iran, freeze payment on foreign debts, even though such moves endanger the profitability and, eventually, the stability...
...Crimson started to tighten up just when the contest was starting to look like a rout, however, and the teams battled even up for the rest of the half. The Falcons took a 34-26 lead into the locker room...
...have no alternative but to tighten our belts," explains one Schmidt adviser. "If we stimulate the economy, we fuel inflation and further reduce our competitive edge on world markets." And that, of course, could only further erode the cherished mark...