Word: tightener
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...credit affordable. With inflation still in check, the central bank will be tempted to continue its looser-money policy. "Right now the economy's giving off a mixed picture," says Manuel Johnson, Assistant Treasury Secretary for Economic Policy. "But if we can be sure that monetary policy won't tighten over the course of the year, then we can be sure of a continued solid expansion...
...isolate" Beirut airport with an international boycott. But only British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher expressed any sympathy for the proposal, and even she said she would take no action unless other West European nations went along. So far, none have. The Lebanese government, however, last week promised to tighten security at the airport...
...United States announced a plan to tighten all borders by the year 2008. Unfortunately, Mexico announced a plan to have all their people here by 2007." --JAY LENO
...hopes to limit the damage when he launches his own campaign for the referendum on Thursday. He will answer questions on the private TF1 network from a studio audience of 18- to 25-year-olds. If he can cool the yes camp's sense of distress, the race could tighten...
Hardly acknowledging the woman who has to swipe your card for a meal? Pushing into someone on an icy sidewalk without even so much as an apology? Not even making eye contact with the Spare Change guy while you tighten your grip on your...