Word: tightens
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...more forceful action by NATO could rebound unfavorably for the West. Certainly, the United States should not threaten or criticize Iceland prematurely. If, after the June election, leftist elements grow in strength, that will be the time to tighten the screws. Until then, an increase in cultural understanding and economic assistance in solving Iceland's internal problems are the best ways to prevent a still remote danger from becoming a reality...
...week's end Tennessee's Kefauver dropped into Nashville to tighten the wires on his home fences. Asked why he had refused to sign the Southern congressional manifesto (TIME, March 26) condemning the Supreme Court decision on desegregation of the public schools, Kefauver said evenly: "The Supreme Court decision is the law of the land. I could not sign or agree with the Southern manifesto; we cannot secede from the Supreme Court. The manifesto can only result in increasing bitterness and hard feelings and adding confusion to an already difficult situation. The matter must now be resolved...
...rose in Commons one day last week and announced his new measures. The day before, he had raised the bank rate (equivalent to the U.S.'s Federal Reserve discount rate, now at 2½%) to 5½% - highest since the depression days of 1932-in a move to tighten the supply of borrowable money. Now he jumped on the British consumer, who has been enthusiastically snatching up goods on the "never-never" (British slang for the installment plan). The minimum down payments on cars, TV sets, radios, dishwashing machines and photographic equipment were raised to 50%. To slow down...
...grandness of conception that reminds me of Michelangelo. The larger than life figures of the Renaissance master are, however, classical in their dignity and spirituality. In contrast, Rubens' figures are treated romantically. They are overly real and sensual. Passions are magnified rather than reason or the inner restraint which tighten the faces and figures of Michelangelo. Certain fine oil sketches like *uos Ego reveal the characteristics of the Baroque style which Rubens created almost singlehandedly. Classical clarity is replaced by endless movement, and color is handled in a broad, and, at times, impressionistic, manner. In other canvases the wave...
...have gone up, as they have in other farm commodities. I believe firmly you're entitled to a fair return. But when one segment of the meat team is suffering, it cannot be too long before other segments also will suffer . . . I urge you in the industry to tighten up your costs. Keep your profits and margins in line . . . This is no time to take advantage of the American farmer...