Word: tightener
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Cuban exile raids from U.S. territory. Only a few weeks ago the President reiterated earlier statements that the presence of Russian troops in Cuba is "unacceptable," and that Communism in Cuba is "not negotiable." But he has not devised ways to translate those words into action, beyond efforts to tighten the economic isolation of Cuba. Last week State Department officials reported that the U.S. is preparing to ask the Organization of American States to declare an economic embargo against Cuba...
...level, the Young Republican leadership today represents a coalition of progressives and conservatives who primarily are interested in organization. They are opposed by a solid right-wing group which controlled the organization from 1957 to 1961 and whose chief interest is promoting an ideology of the hold-the-line, tighten-your-belt, there's-a-red-under-the-bed school...
When the season opened, Munro expected little trouble with his middle units because of the abundance of Crimson talent in this area. But the midfields allowed all five Penn goals last Saturday and personnel changes to tighten defensive play may be in order. Sophomore Mike Leahy, particularly, will see more service than usual against the Crusaders...
...think with the budget going up and taxes going down, we have to tighten our belts a little and this would be a good place to start tightening," said Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz...
...work done at the CEA will be unclassified, but unhappily, the present CEA contract has many loopholes which could permit the Federal government to tighten its controls over the accelerator at some future time. Wiggins stresses that if the AEC should ever attempt to impose intolerable controls, Harvard will stop operating the accelerator. But by then electron research could be so dependent on Federal funds that it may be almost impossible to turn down the yearly operating grant from...