Word: tightenings
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...Pacific neighbors - especially Niue and the Cook Islands, whose people carry N.Z. passports - are also potential back doors for those seeking a Kiwi identity. In December the government ended visa-free entry for citizens of Nauru, Tuvalu and Kiribati. It's also working with Australia to help Pacific states tighten notoriously lax border controls. "We are constantly vigilant," says Goff. So are most other nations - and they'll now look a little more closely at those blue passports...
...most important thing children need from their parents is love, but a close second is structure. Even teenagers need rules and limits. Be firm but fair. Relax your rules bit by bit as your child demonstrates more maturity. If he or she can't handle the freedom, tighten the reins and try again in a few months...
...uses radio waves to tighten small areas of collagen, creating a constrictive band, like a belt, that increases the curvature of the cornea and brings near vision back into focus. But CK won't be the last word on presbyopia. Other techniques are in the pipeline vying for the looming market of 90 million baby boomers. --By David Bjerklie
...sense is that many of the actors view the requirement as a way of giving back to the community by working on each others’ shows. The requirement helps to tighten the community while playing a large part in filling the under-stocked tech positions,” says Blase E. Ur ’07, Sherwood’s successor as technical liaison...
...Norvell’s question. Hughes, who is largely responsible for figuring out the social aspect of the website (as opposed to Zuckerberg, a self-described “dumb programmer” who is mainly in charge of the technical functions), sees thefacebook as a way to tighten pre-formed bonds. “It’s a tool to help people improve social relations by networking with people you only know tangentially,” Hughes says...