Word: tighter
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...guard against such sabotage, writes Condon, the U.S. would have to turn itself into a police state tighter than any in history. "Sabotage is no longer a threat to be kept in mind," he says. "It is a fearful danger, and an attractive possibility for an aggressor...
...power squeeze on Iran grew tighter by the day. Sharp Russian pressure was bearing down from the north, and now a mild U.S. push was coming up from the south. Between them lay the helpless, hapless Government of Premier Ebrahim Ha-kimi...
From OPAdministrator Chester Bowles came bad news last week that soured every U.S. housewife. The news: the sugar supply, tighter now than at any time during the war, would be the last commodity freed from rationing-some time next spring, at the earliest. Even worse, the civilian allotment of sugar for the fourth quarter of this year would have to be cut 28%. Why? screamed the housewives...
...Japanese prison camp, Marine Lieut. William Harris, veteran of Corregidor was battered for half an hour with a baseball bat. He lived, but others, after similar treatment, died. There were also more refined methods: metal bits were fastened into soldiers' mouths with thread which gradually drew tighter & tighter;match slivers were thrust under men's fingernails, and jagged ends of bamboo twisted against their faces...
Travel. ODT refuses to guess when Pullman restrictions will be lifted. Others' guesses: 60 to 90 days. Air priorities, tighter now, will continue until airlines get more craft and crews. The shipping squeeze precludes much weekend cruising or transatlantic traveling. More bus equipment is on the way. Toledo to Topeka by taxi is again possible-if the tank stays...