Word: tougher
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...grow from $240 million to $509 million in eight years. He approved a 190% increase in state support of California's public colleges and hiked state aid to local schools by 119%. Many California educators now rate Reagan's successor, Jerry Brown, as more tightfisted and tougher to deal with than Reagan...
Some friends wonder if he is spiritually and intellectually capable of performing that tougher role. Carter clings to his conviction that there must be a way through prayer and good will to let the cup pass...
...first shriveling credit lines. The Industrial National Bank of Rhode Island is limiting the use of its $1.3 billion corporate loan portfolio by curbing lending for so-called nonproductive purposes, such as a company buying back its own stock or shopping for acquisitions. One Georgia bank takes an even tougher line. Says Willy Alexander, vice president of Atlanta's Citizens and Southern National Bank: "We have absolutely discouraged borrowing for bricks and mortar, heavy machinery or inventory buildup." Already hard hit by the housing slump, the forest products giant Georgia-Pacific announced a 25% reduction in capital expenditures rather...
...outside Rte. 128, past Revere and Quincy, to Boston's silk-stocking suburbs, or down on the Cape--these tracts already enjoy a trim 2 1/2 per cent rate. For Cambridge, though, with property taxes currently at about 5 per cent of its value, things would be a bit tougher. Under the law, which would probably pass if voters went to the polls today, the city would have to roll back taxes, cutting revenues 15 per cent each year, until tax rates reach the 2 1/2 per cent level. In the first year, assuming inflation stays at 18 per cent...
...offense looks great and our defense did a good job marking," Boutillier said after the game. "I think we did a good job of adjusting the field, but I think that we're going to see a lot tougher competition in our upcoming games...