Word: tighteners
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Therefore, Nye says, the group has avoided the most common approach of "simply cutting off technology or playing with numbers" of weapons, propounding instead an agenda of "do's and don't's" to tighten governmental control of nuclear arsenals...
...proposed reduction of tax rates on business, board members attacked other changes in the treatment of corporations. Feldstein, who supports the investment tax credit and generous depreciation allowances now available, called some of the suggested revisions "rather misguided." The Administration's plans to drop the tax credit and tighten the depreciation write-offs, he argued, would discourage companies from building new factories and adding equipment...
...conservatives are urging Kirkpatrick to make her move before 1988 by taking on moderate Republican Senator Charles Mathias in her home state of Maryland next year. If she won, they point out, she would not only gain a stepping-stone to the No. 2 spot in 1988 but also tighten the right's grip on Republican reins...
...second of John Paul's concepts, identity, explains his concern about restoring firmer discipline among priests and sisters, and distinguishing their role from that of the laity. One of his first decisions as Pope was to tighten up on official approval of requests to leave the priesthood, a process known as laicization. He quickly followed with a worldwide letter to priests stating that celibacy is a lifelong commitment. Turning to priests in religious orders, the Pope reproved the leader of the Jesuits, the largest and most influential of male orders, because its members were too frequently challenging church policy...
...Crimson tripped over the visiting Big Green (now 2-8) by playing horrendous defense and thoroughly uninspired offense. To beat the big two on road. Harvard will have to tighten up its D considerably, and the key players will have to come through when it counts...