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In an effort to tighten practices at the White House, a new chief of staff tried to reimpose longstanding procedures stipulating that National Security Council staff members should participate in all calls with foreign leaders.

A 2015 report on substance abuse in Canadian residency programs published in the Canadian Journal of Anesthesia states that despite attempts to tighten practices around liability and disposal of controlled substances in the OR, opioids continue to be the drugs most often abused by anesthesia providers.

The Pentagon changes, coupled with tightened practices in the new Department of Homeland Security, will become the template for all two million civilian government workers.

Some colleges have tightened practices to a degree, but a Government Accountability Office investigation studied 15 for-profit colleges in 2010 and found that all of them engaged in at least some deceptive practices, by inflating graduation rates, giving misleading information about the cost of their programs, encouraging falsification of loan documents or exaggerating salaries for certain jobs.

A few high-profile fund blow-ups have already prompted prime brokers to tighten their practices.

In its defense, the Motion Picture Association of America pledged to tighten marketing practices, promising to permit underage audiences for R-rated test screenings only if accompanied by an adult.

This may change, however, as an advisory council on Monday urged universities to tighten grading practices and graduation requirements.

Revis said he felt his left hamstring tighten during practice Thursday.

Even when we find new ideas, it takes longer to find consistency with a diverse cast because there are so many performance variables for wheelchair or learning disabled dancers, but experience has taught us that the material eventually will tighten with practice.

They say the bank's mortgage division overhauled its loan-servicing practices about 18 months ago in anticipation of mounting foreclosures, bolstering employee training and tightening documentation practices.

They have similarly tightened data practices and say they have made it more difficult to tamper with customer records.