Word: tightens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...even turn one oil exporting country against another, as has been the case in the Iran-Iraq war. At the very least, sharply falling oil revenues today and in the next few years breed powerful incentives for OPEC, even without another disruption, to increase oil prices when the market tighten. The OPEC multiplier is the mechanism that will make it possible...
...possesses a stylish set as well. At times, it also reveals Tune's (or Sellars's, or Walsh's) flair. Tune and Twiggy dance on water, and a group of four elderly gentlemen occasionally appear singing an ironic refrain from an already performed song. The show must quicken and tighten its pace, though it should retain the gentle tone befitting Gershwin's consistently lovely music--the score includes "He Loves and She Loves," "How Long Has This Been Going On?" and "Kickin' the Clouds Away...
...council is also likely to tighten its procedures up in other areas as well, aiming to maintain interest within the council by shortening the Sunday night general meetings; reining the grants procedure to make it loss time-consuming and more objective; and increasing communication with students by publishing the council newsletter--which came out only once last term--more frequently...
...annual rate that is now approaching 17%, just about three times the bank's own officially announced 1982 target growth rate. Though the Fed has sought to play down the significance of the overshoot, investors are concerned that the growth will eventually prove inflationary, provoking the Fed to tighten up, sending interest rates soaring...
...record," said Lou ("the Toe") Groza, the Cleveland Browns' famed footman, who also played tackle in the '50s. "At least Moseley looks like a football player. I was talking to George Blanda a while back, and he said, 'You know, if they would just tighten the immigration laws, we could still be kicking...