Word: tougher
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...country what it is." Laws preventing or limiting foreign ownership of land have been enacted in Nebraska, Indiana and Iowa, and the Illinois legislature this week will consider a prohibition of its own. There are enough loopholes to enable foreigners to avoid the restrictions, but doing so may become tougher in the future...
...economy in midspring is much more robust than the experts had anticipated it would be, but the old devil of inflation is tougher than ever. The economy may well be approaching a stage where new inflationary bottlenecks will appear. Shortages of skilled labor are cropping up; the amount of overtime is running close to that of 1973, when plants were operating at close to full effective capacity. Considering that, most members of the board favored a reduction in Carter's proposed $25 billion tax cut. Noted Okun: "What looked to me like a reasonable fiscal policy in December...
Carter and his aides set tougher rules...
Harvard's other super-frosh, second singles man Don Pompan, found the going tougher. Playing some of the best tennis seen at Palmer Dixon this year, Pompan nevertheless took one on the chin when Tiger co-captain came alive and "zoned" late in the third set, brilliantly reeling off five of the last six games...
...glances of other firms. Japan's Fuji Photo Film may show off a new instant camera later this year. Other firms, too, are developing instants. Though al] this activity will spur sales, both Kodak and Polaroid may find that holding on to their market shares could become increasingly tougher...