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Lawmakers have vowed to introduce bills increasing halfway house oversight and tightening the contracting procedures.

But NZ Disability support network chair Wendy Becker said that across the sector providers were struggling with tightening government contracts and uncertain futures.

Control the flow of air into the recorder by tightening and contracting your diaphragm.

Pentagon officials said the shift to a fixed-price contract reflects the administration's efforts to tighten government contracting.

During the presidential campaign, Mr. Obama had also pledged to tighten Pentagon contracting.

Even as Mr. Gates steps up his efforts to tighten Pentagon contracting, House members are expected to rebuff him once again on Tuesday on the engine, one of the main programs he has vowed to kill.

WITH tax revenues falling, governments are tightening up on contracts with nonprofits and delaying or canceling new grants even though pleas for help are rising among social service agencies.

In fact, buyers are eating up inventory fast enough that the discounts offered by motivated sellers are tightening as supply contracts.

Others have either sold or spun off their non-life business, or have plans to do so.The reinsurers and primary insurers that are still in the catastrophe game have increased their premiums, but they have been excluding more risks and tightening terms and conditions on contracts.

It was true that the tightening action of a smile contracted his face into its correct alignment, and made it possible to discern a less unnerving personality — an American-style "good kid" with an outgrown crew cut, sane enough but not too bright.

Start with your feet: Tighten and contract the muscles in your feet for five seconds, then let the muscles slowly ease into deep relaxation.