Word: tighter
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Variable meal plans require tighter security precautions because they would create an entirely new category of stolen meals. At present, almost all stolen meals occur when a Harvard student tries to obtain a meal for a non-Harvard friend. Under student holding a contract which allows him less than 21 meals per week must be prevented from taking part in meals for which he is not eligible...
...tighter checking of IDs, possibly picture...
...tighter policing of students removing food from the dining halls...
Even if the regulators were brought under strong central control, many would still require a much tighter hand on the purse strings. This could be achieved by requiring "economic impact statements," which would spell out the costs of new rules against the benefits. Alternatively, a new regulatory board could draw up for Congress an annual regulatory budget or calendar that would set out, in time for opposition to be heard, the costs and benefits as well as a timetable for new rules. Either idea would focus attention on the climbing cost of regulation and go a long way toward dampening...
...will stick to a clear-cut economic policy. In Whitman's view, the Administration's dollar-revival plan consists of one Band-Aid and one magic bullet. The move to big intervention-selling gold, buying dollars-will barely patch a scratch. But the shift to tighter money, she believes, will be the real cure for the dollar's debilities. The trouble is, the early side effects will be bad: higher interest rates, which lead to higher prices for a while. In time, however, the stringent money policy will force inflation down and push the dollar up. What...