Word: tighter
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...unions' attitude symbolizes a growing unrest over Wilson's efforts to ease Britain's balance-of-payments problem by a deflationary squeeze that hit the public first with tighter credit and a wage freeze, then hit it again with rising prices. Said Tory Leader Ted Heath in a burst of unusual asperity: "The country should explode with anger at the stupidity and incompetence of this Labor government, which stands paralyzed while unemployment of its own creation mounts...
...Tighter admissions procedures and higher academic standards, but at the same time the opening of all seminary doors to more women as well as to men who are not fully committed to ordination. >More contact with neighboring universities and seminaries of other denominations...
...Dollar Factor. The supply of available graduates is stretched tighter than ever. One major reason is the high demand from the military. Many companies are now signing on people who are only weeks away from draft calls in the hope of getting them back after their two-year stint. Another factor in reducing the supply is that the number of students going on for graduate degrees is still increasing...
...Could the reason for the defeat at the polls of so many school budgets be the condition of family budgets? Spending gets tighter and tighter with time payments on color TV, car, dishwasher, and "too much house" for the breadwinner's income. By that time, who can afford higher taxes for such incidentals as police protection and education...
...best interest of the N.A.S.D.'s member firms in mind. He strengthened the association's staff, made available more realistic stock quotations, stiffened requirements for dealing in securities. At the same time, arguing that more thorough study was required, he held out against SEC insistence on tighter supervision of mutual-fund sales practices...