Word: tighteners
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...flush with funds. Thanks to foreign sales of gold and oil, the Soviets have paid off $2.5 billion in private bank loans. Thus far, however, they have shown no inclination to bail out the Poles. A Polish default on foreign loans might give Moscow an excuse to tighten its hold on the economy or, at worst, grab direct power in Warsaw. don't go bankrupt," as Citicorp Chairman Walter Wriston once said. But they can delay or, as in the case of Iran, freeze payment on foreign debts, even though such moves endanger the profitability and, eventually, the stability...
...Crimson started to tighten up just when the contest was starting to look like a rout, however, and the teams battled even up for the rest of the half. The Falcons took a 34-26 lead into the locker room...
...voting rights, to reinstitute the death penalty for serious crimes and to eliminate some of the due-process protections suspected criminals have acquired under Supreme Court decisions but which police officers claim hamper their work. He also wants to increase federal sentences for the possession of marijuana and to tighten immigration laws. Argues Thurmond: "I don't think people ought to be allowed to come into this country just because they want to come here." In his view, most of the Cubans, Haitians and Asians arriving in the country are "not political refugees. They are economic refugees. Unless they...
...have no alternative but to tighten our belts," explains one Schmidt adviser. "If we stimulate the economy, we fuel inflation and further reduce our competitive edge on world markets." And that, of course, could only further erode the cherished mark...
...only one year, Mom, Dad, and Johnny consider the mortgage, soaring energy costs, insurance, medical bills, food prices. Finally, Johnny ventures an "Are you sure we can afford it?" Dad looks at Mom, puts his hand on the young genius's shoulder and says gravely, "We'll have to tighten our belts a bit, son; but somehow we'll find...