Word: tightens
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...enthusiasm for visual aids, which he had developed as No. 2 man at Chicago's Bell & Howell Co. ("After all," complained one professor, "he did make that startling prediction that only 5% of the people would be reading books in 50 years"). Some students resented his attempts to tighten up Rollins' traditionally free & easy ways...
...also moved to tighten up bank credit in another way. It announced a twelve-man Voluntary Credit Restraint Committee (four members each from insurance companies, commercial banks and investment banks), to try to get all big U.S. lenders to clamp down on loans not vital to defense, thus help check inflation. Few expected this to be very effective in actually reducing business loans (which in New York last week soared to a new high of $6.7 billion); but FRB wanted to make he gesture before resorting to new compulsory restraints...
Part of this Red shrinkage is undoubtedly due to Moscow's own policy, which is to tighten the Communist parties and weed out lukewarm or ideologically unreliable members. The figures were nevertheless impressive, and pointed to serious Communist setbacks. Concluded a State Department spokesman: "Moscow is losing the battle to take over Western Europe by boring from within...
Winthrop upset Eliot yesterday 55 to 38 to tighten up the intra-House 'A' League basketball race. The game was highlighted by the fine play of Stan Greene, Winthrop forward, who scored 22 points. The loss left Eliot one game ahead of the league with two tough games remaining to be played...
...height of the water shortage last year, unbathed and stubble-bearded New Yorkers were exhorted to tighten up their faucets, use soda water on their teeth, and drink their whisky neat. But this year New York would apparently have plenty of water to tide it over the hot months. Last week the upstate reservoirs were filled to the top and brimming over...