Word: tightener
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...impressionable, but not to being hypercredulous simps. His first two tactics for system being, his Vague Generalities and Artful Equivocation, 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...
...steadfastly quotes the President. He has Bush's backing in the Secretary's uphill efforts to remake the Army, Navy and Air Force into lighter, faster, stealthier versions of themselves. The White House has been reluctant to curb his consolidation of power at the Pentagon, particularly his plan to tighten the military's grip on intelligence gathering. After his star turn as prime-time war boss last fall, Rumsfeld spent much of this year defending the Administration's meager efforts to rebuild Afghanistan--and then selling America on the threat posed by Iraq. Careful that Bush not be seen...
Kenya made a ripe choice. Al-Qaeda has spent years operating there. The government had done little to tighten security after the 1998 bomb blast that shattered the U.S. embassy in Nairobi, along with a twin assault in Tanzania. Porous borders with war-ravaged Somalia and Sudan made it easy to bring in surface-to-air missiles (SAMs). Mombasa has little in the way of immigration or passport controls, and the steamy seaside city is home to the most radical Muslims in the country. Australian intelligence picked up enough chatter about potential danger in Mombasa to issue a travel warning...
Analysts have predicted that Bowles would have won the race if the party’s primary had been held in the spring as originally planned. But it was delayed until the fall because of a redistricting fight. Although the race is likely to tighten, pollsters believe Dole will pull off a narrow victory...
...about the proposed plan that its opponents find so objectionable? First, it aims to compel Japanese banks to assess the quality of their loans more rigorously and boost the percentage of total capital they must keep on hand to safeguard against potential delinquencies. Second, the plan seeks to tighten capital accounting rules: banks today are booking the expected income from deferred tax assets as up to 40% of their core capital, but Takenaka wants to force them to lower that amount to 10%. Either of these measures would force many banks into violation of their mandated 8% capital adequacy ratios...