Word: tightened
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...been doubted. The Federal Government already pretends to supervise transactions on the Chicago Board of Trade, and the Illinois legislature last week sought laws to regulate the Board, similar to the laws by which New York legislators control the New York Stock Exchange. Board members hope that they can tighten up their own already existing rules and thus avoid the further fussings of lawmakers. The ejection of Armour Grain Co. aids their program...
...York State, not wishing to have a gun-toting Herrin (Ill.) within its boundaries, decided to tighten its criminal laws last year. The result was a batch of legislation, known as the Baumes laws, which went into effect in July, which increase the penalties on various types of crimes. The most important provision is that which sentences a man to life imprisonment upon his fourth or subsequent conviction for a minor felony. This particular statute has been the subject of heated legal debate and was "finally upheld by the New York Supreme Court last month. No doubt, it has made...
...forbid the mailing of photographs of the tribes on the outlying islands was the result of this feeling. In reality the Philippines have attained a high degree of civilization according to current Occidental standards, and it be hooves the United States government to relax the reins rather than tighten them...
...influx of substitutes for anthracite. Tha most suffering was in Pennsylvania, in the coal mining regions, where not only the miners are suffering for lack of necessities but whole communities are in the grip of depression, merchants being in sad straits because of lost purchasers, and banks having to tighten their credit arrangements...
...earlier in the year by the Crimson seconds with a 12 to 5 score. In this game, however, it showed an aptitude for hitting and got 12 safeties to 11 for the Seconds. This power at bat may prove dangerous to the Freshman pitcher especially unless the nine can tighten up in its fielding department...