As part of a previously announced monetary tightening program, the Bank of Canada increased its key lending rate by a quarter of a percentage point yesterday to 3.25percentt.
So educators in primary and secondary schools are intensifying efforts for higher test scores by tightening curriculum, creating early literacy programs and encouraging parents and guardians to help their children at home.
Business groups and charities alike are tightening their programs and extending the cocktail hour.
to George Osborne of the U.K., to justify harsh belt-tightening programs despite deep, widespread economic pain in the U.S., U.K. and Europe.
Internationally, there is mixed evidence that tightening disability program eligibility rules impacts labor supply.
Principals will, he said, "have to tighten some programs," like eliminating intensive tutoring on Saturdays or after-school activities.
But the Army's Jonathan Broskey stands by his claims of Apple's security: He says the high number of patches to Apple software is a good sign evidence of the large community of developers actively working to tighten Unix programs and eliminate bugs.
But, in the wake of the attacks, security at the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli (630 miles from Benghazi) was tightened immeasurably, programs were canceled and American staff were evacuated.
After Ronald Reagan took office in 1981, Washington started trimming and tightening many social programs.
For the next several months, in weekly calls, the group monitored a review and tightening of security programs at the company, which has more than 40,000 employees in Canada, the United States and overseas.
This is an interesting and positive departure for a mayor who has favored tightening social service programs and indeed has been criticized for being too tough on welfare recipients.
