Word: tightener
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Bunting indicated that the new policy to tighten restrictions might be linked with current events. As an article stated, "she stressed, however, that much of the Harvard Dean's concern could have been touched off by the country-wide publicity that the problems of premairital sex have received in the past three years...
...being hyper-credulous simps. His first two tactics for system beating, his Vague Gerneralities and Artful Equivocations, seem to presume the latter, and are only going to convince Crimson-reading graders (there are a few and we tell our friends) that the time has come to tighten the screws just a bit more...
...Senate Foreign Relations Committee. "You need to make Noriega pay." To show its disapproval, the U.S. could restrict visas issued to pro-Noriega Panamanians, refuse to recognize the newly seated government, and turn away any ambassador sent to Washington by the Duque administration. The Administration wants to tighten sanctions, but further economic deterioration might fuel an anti-U.S. backlash. "When have economic sanctions ever toppled a regime?" asks Ambler Moss, a former U.S. Ambassador to Panama...
...comedy--in order for each mistaken identity and preposterous coincidence to work, and in order for Wilde's infamous epigrams to strike the proper chord--actors' timing and enunciation must be absolutely flawless. This is where the mannered performances come in. Instead of being annoying, the pseudo-Brit accents tighten the dialogue and actually make each word shimmer...
...make good food and water supplies even better, the Government needs to tighten its regulatory standards, stiffen its inspection program and strengthen its enforcement policies. The food industry should modify some long-accepted practices or turn to less hazardous alternatives. Perhaps most important, consumers will have to do a better job of learning how to handle and cook food properly. The problems that need to be addressed exist all along the food-supply chain, from fields to processing plants to kitchens...