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...less than four goals per game until Saturday, will once again attempt to hold the best offense in the East within reasonable bounds. A good night for Scherer could mean a good game in the Harvard-Yale tradition, but to bring about an upset, his defense will have to tighten up considerably over their first performance...

Author: By Charles Steedman, | Title: Varsity Sextet Ends Regular Season on Yale Rink Today | 3/5/1955 | See Source »

...move has followed an earlier University attempt last year to tighten movie showing regulations. Previously, an organization could schedule commercial films if it could justify a tie-up with its specific activity...

Author: By John J. Iselin, | Title: Clubs May No Longer Show Films of Commercial Value | 2/7/1955 | See Source »

Actually, it hardly mattered; the ban was intended less to tighten U.S. internal security than to loosen Soviet restrictions. The U.S. note promised: "This Government would in turn be disposed to reconsider in the same spirit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Spite Fence | 1/17/1955 | See Source »

However, the officials feel that there is no practical way to tighten mortgage credit without nipping credit all along the line, which would be damaging to the business upturn. The Government hopes that eventually housing, credit will tighten of its own accord...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: CREDIT & THE BUDGET | 12/20/1954 | See Source »

...case, the Administration has learned that the secret of a successful fiscal policy is flexibility. There is no doubt that the policy will remain flexible. And the Administration will not hesitate to tighten up credit-or ease it further-in the interests of keeping a stable economy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: CREDIT & THE BUDGET | 12/20/1954 | See Source »

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