Word: tightenings
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...handles were all too big." Interpretation: the wood was not shaved within the proper tiny fraction of an inch of perfection. Like all the other great hitters, Carew scrupulously cares for his bats. He bathes them with alcohol, removing the buildup of pine tar that is used to tighten the bond between hand and wood. "I can't stand a dirty bat," he explains. "Some guys leave pine tar on their bats and never clean them off. I can't understand that. How can they get a feel for the wood...
...Swiss banking conduct their worldwide affairs behind stately fagades of Alpine granite. Yet the air of heavenly serenity on the stylish street provides a curtain for mundane turmoil. After the worst scandal in Swiss banking history, that sedate and secretive industry has moved-or rather been pushed-to tighten up some practices that have proved shockingly loose. The changes may turn out to be far-reaching...
...gratitude and satisfaction with some aspects of Administration policy." Jewish leaders applaud Carter's strong stand on Soviet dissidents, on free emigration from Russia, on the antiboycott legislation. Carter has also increased economic aid to Israel by $400 million. Growing doubts have apparently not caused Jewish leaders to tighten their purse strings. Tickets are selling briskly for a $1,000-a-plate Salute to the President dinner to be held this week in New York City's Waldorf Astoria...
Eaton said the concern for student input partly stems from the Social Studies Department's recent decision to tighten thesis requirements and to require Ec 10 for all concentrators...
...Enacting stronger legislation. The Carter Administration last week moved in this direction by proposing laws that would prohibit the laundering of Mob money, tighten loan-sharking statutes and provide stiff prison sentences for operating racketeering syndicates. The proposals, however, do not solve the central problem: the very difficulty of proving charges of money-washing, loan-sharking and running illegal rackets...