Word: tightens
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...current problems. In one spot check, state officials discovered that one-third of the trucks carrying the wastes into Washington were violating safety procedures. Ray told federal officials that until she is satisfied that safety measures will be enforced, the site will remain closed. The two agencies concerned must tighten their enforcement of the law regulating transport of radioactive wastes...
President Carter, only two days after announcing his support for efforts to tighten the money supply, said yesterday the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) has raised interest rates too high...
However, Carter made no reference to his statements Tuesday, when he backed the FRB's decision to increase its bank lending rate and tighten the availability of credit in order to strengthen the dollar and moderate gold prices...
...while federal officials struggle to tighten security measures, University officials wait patiently. Shapiro perhaps best summed up the situation: "I feel sick to my stomach," he joked...
Fears that OPEC oil prices would rise and supplies would tighten also helped speed the rush to bullion, as did the perceived political weakness of Jimmy Carter and the threat of a challenge from Edward Kennedy. Some European dealers are calling the gold surge a "Kennedy rally" because it has been spurred by expectations that his free-spending, liberal policies might exacerbate U.S. inflation if he were elected. In the thin, highly volatile market, that distant worry is enough for a big rise...