Word: tighter
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...credit pinch grows tighter, U.S. bankers are working harder than ever before to build up a new pool of capital from the humble sav ings account. While U.S. consumers have been saving between 6% and 7% of their income after taxes in the past few years, the savings fell considerably short of the amount bankers estimate they need to replenish their lendable funds. In an all-out effort to pull in more savings, the bankers are revolutionizing U.S. banking methods. Gone is the old-fashioned banker of granite mien and glassy-eyed stare...
...supply in line with demand for the first time since last summer's strike. But for the types of steel that make up most of production, there was no letup. The market for structural steel, heavy plate and pipe that go into tankers, heavy construction and pipelines was tighter than at any time since the Korean...
...abilities that had appeared in the final period against B.U. were present in even greater quantity. The defense was infinitely tighter, and time after time Bob Owen and McVey broke up Eagle rushes with devastating pokechecks. Bailey, of course, continued to turn away difficult shots from up close, but it is indicative that he was called upon to make only 16 saves...
Eisenhower, Army Chief of Staff at that time, was supporting a program which would have had a single Armed Forces Department and chief of staff but seperate autonomous services. In terms of unification this plan was much tighter than the present defense system, Leach said...
...strong degree curriculum from functioning graduate and departmental programs. At the same time, the Center would contribute to meeting an acute need for new courses and personnel at the undergraduate level as well, as more instructors in the area of International Relations would be brought to Cambridge and a tighter study plan could be developed for the undergraduate concentrator...