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In the last few days they have "tightened the noose of ridicule around themselves completely unaided"--Paisley by calling Britain's Queen Elizabeth her government's "parrot" for welcoming the Northern Ireland settlement, and Gingrich by calling Madeleine Albright "the agent for the Palestinians" in the Middle East peace negotiations.
The New York State Regents have tightened admissions for applicants to the City University of New York.
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 up on the release of classified information.
The Post says that the NTSB tightened security at its headquarters.