Word: tightenings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Meanwhile, the first potential U.S. victims will be coming off Sabia watch next week; so far, nobody has shown any evidence of symptoms. They were lucky the Yale man was dealing with a virus that is not highly contagious. If researchers do not tighten some of their procedures, the next outbreak might not be so benign...
...help prevent that, German Chancellor Helmut Kohl sent intelligence coordinator Bernd Schmidbauer to Moscow on Saturday to talk with President Boris Yeltsin about ways to tighten controls over nuclear stocks. "We have to tell our Russian friends," said Kohl, "you must guarantee that these possibilities for theft are reduced as much as possible...
...tough asbestos rules released by OSHA tighten exposure levels to the cancerous insulation fibers and mandate rules to protect workers. The tab for private industry: about $360 million annually. Among the savings? An estimated 42 lives, according to OSHA...
...hopes of putting pressure on the Serbs, the contact group had floated hints of the punishment they would inflict on the naysayers. First, they warned, they could tighten economic sanctions on Serbia, the Bosnian Serbs' backers and suppliers. Second, they might expand and police the security zones around six mostly Muslim areas. Finally, as a last resort, the Bosnian government might be exempted from the international arms embargo that affects all of the former Yugoslavia but hurts the Muslims and Croats most...
...saber rattling and Haitian shouts of defiance, there were still indications that a final showdown really is not imminent. The White House still hopes that Cedras and his crew can be pushed out by economic, diplomatic and psychological pressure. One means is to tighten further the embargo against Haiti. The Administration noted with pleasure that all commercial air service into and out of Haiti will end by August, when Air France will suspend its flights. Clinton signed an order for U.S. helicopters to patrol Haiti's border with the Dominican Republic, watching for gasoline shipments, which have been regularly smuggled...