Word: tighter
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What bound the incidents together was the gun. No fewer than 26 of the 33 victims on the two weekends were killed by firearms, and of these, all but one by handguns. In the midst of a community outcry for tighter controls on weapons, the Chicago Tribune called on Congress to prohibit the manufacture of all handguns and handgun parts in the U.S. "Guns," says Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, "are the No. 1 problem in the city...
This week Kirkland House, which avoided the rush two years ago to lock House gates and entry-way doors, began considering tighter security measures following the attempted rape of a House resident last weekend...
Many critics who concede the need for covert action in some cases nevertheless propose two other reforms: 1) separating intelligence gathering from covert operations and 2) tighter control...
...rate of less than 5%-nowhere near enough to meet the credit demands of an inflationary econ, omy. Now there are some signs I that the board, realizing the shaky state of business, is becoming a trifle more generous; at minimum, it has stopped twisting the money tourniquet ever tighter. That small bit of good news was enough to touch off a Friday stock market rally that sent the Dow Jones industrial average up 22 points...
...With a tighter budget and smaller staff than the Post, the Star-News has found itself behind its morning rival on the big national stories, especially in the years of Viet Nam and Watergate. Reporter James R. Polk did win a Pulitzer Prize this year for a series on the financing of the 1972 Nixon campaign. But the Star-News' most notable recent exclusive fell in its lap: an interview with the President right after his 1972 victory, granted in retaliation for the Post's Watergate digging...