Word: tighter
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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This year, according to seasoned observers, the ticket situation is tighter than ever. People at the Harvard Ticket Office, who (seem to) sigh with longing for a return of the bad old days, point out that the team is good this year and alumni want to see it. Yale tickets are not made available to the non-alumni Boston public, but the local newspapers have built up hometown boys Leo and Gatto into the heroes...
Frei managed to get almost everything he wanted, and he hopes for quicker passage of the rest of his reforms, which include tighter regulations on commerce and industry, a reorganization of the central bank and a public-administration overhaul...
View from Abroad. Frei wants his reforms for Chile, but he also wants them for the benefit of Latin America, which increasingly looks to the tall, scholarly visionary as a new leader of the Democratic left and a new force that could help pull the Southern Hemisphere tighter together. Frei is already moving in that direction. He is a staunch booster of economic integration. He was among the first to propose a hemispheric summit conference, now tentatively scheduled for next spring. "We have a commitment in Latin America," Frei says. "This makes us proud and binds...
...freshman harriers continued to show good depth and front-running power against Cornell. The 24-31 score was a little tighter than the varsity race, but Harvard took three of the first four places and there was never any doubt who would...
Wall Street's dominant bears have greatly accelerated their short-selling. They are obviously hedging against any and every dire possibility - higher taxes, tighter money, rougher inflation. Though the U.S. Labor Department reported last week that wholesale prices stayed stable in September for the first time in six months, most economists still expect prices to inflate in the months ahead. The bears predict that earnings after taxes will drop next year...