Word: tighteners
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...attempt to tighten its control of the nation, Poland's ruling military council issued a new series of decrees, putting some factories under the army's control, banning some newspapers, outlawing the sale of gasoline (which can be used in hand-made bombs), and prohibiting the sale and consumption of alcohol...
...weeks ago, the NCAA called a special convention of its top football schools (those classified Division 1-A, including the Ivy League) to respond to a threat by the College Football Association (CFA), a splinter group composed of 61 leading Division 1-A members. Originally formed to tighten recruiting rules and academic standards within the NCAA, the CFA has been bucking for greater control of college football's destiny, most prominently in the area of television contracts...
Auteri, however, can see a SoHo victory. "If we tighten up our defense and get our own passing game together then we should give them a run for their money. The only thing that beats us is ourselves," he said...
...students protested recent Reagan administration proposals that would "ease restrictions on internal spying, tighten federal regulations on classified materials, and lend support to dictatorships, throwing our human rights policy out the window," Stefan Cluver, a junior who faces disciplinary action, said this week...
...tenants will stay radical; they're looking out for themselves. Even the bridges between the two groups are tenuous. Though David Sullivan led all CCA candidates at the polls two years ago, there were more than a few people accusing him of going to extremes when he tried to tighten the condo restrictions this spring...