Word: tightenings
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...Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace acted late today to tighten enforcement of cotton reduction contracts after being informed that the acreage control program was working injustices to tenant farmers and was causing increased unemployment in the South...
Unlike most universities Harvard has not seen fit to tighten up on the requirements for graduate degrees. This is especially true of the master's degree. It can be obtained in most of the departments by passing four courses with a grade of B or higher, and three of these may be the regular undergraduate courses. A ruling of the government department, however, to go into effect next fall, requires that for the degree of A.M. in political science, the candidate must, besides the requirements stated above, pass a general examination and present a thesis...
...short, squat, bowlegged manifestation of dignity is waddling up Mass. Avenue towards the Square. He probably stops at the sign of Billings and Stover; for this is midafternoon, and the Professor must tighten his belt with the traditional milkshake. Emerging, he will puff out his lips, tap his black cane contentedly on the sidewalk, and roll on his way. Pausing a moment, he will reach into his pocket, pick out the cigar he had not smoked during some faculty meeting and give it to the blind news dealer. Again the puff, the cane, and the bow legs swing into action...
...Power in the Federal Reserve Bank should, however, be more centralized so that it can take prompt action to tighten up credit as soon as inflation sets in, to free credit when deflation starts. At present with twelve scattered Reserve Banks and a central board "composed of men of diverse opinions," prompt and effective action is difficult...
...attitude which has been described by the New York Times as "getting sore," for Russia has grown sharp with Japan; as the Soviet on the Western Front is no longer willing to be bluffed by England, so the Soviet on the Eastern Front feels strong enough to tighten her demands in Tokyo...