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Also, the citational style has been tightened, undoubtedly to create space for additional entries.
For 36 years, the United States has resolutely tightened the screws on trade with Cuba in an effort to topple Castro's regime.
Under this was a photograph of Berlin's historic parliament building, the Reichstag, which reopened Monday 66 years after the notorious fire that tightened Hitler's grip on power.
What happened in the Senate, the papers report, is that in successive votes to force floor consideration of two campaign reform measures--one simply a ban of the unregulated campaign use of donations made to the national political parties ("soft money"), the other a broader bill that also would have tightened rules about "issue ads" that actually function in support of particular candidates--the pro forces achieved slim majorities, but fell short of the 60 votes required to cut off a filibuster against the measures.
He tightened the king’s control over legislation and taxes, enraging the Vatican by daring to impose a new levy on the Church.