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  • Then I read the extensive article in Workforce Management this morning titled A Tighter Rein on HR Blogging?

    HRmarketer.com Blog 2009

  • "Tighter," he muttered, "tighter still, darling! hold as long as you can!"

    Chita: a Memory of Last Island Lafcadio Hearn 1877

  • Sometimes I lace her up so that her eyes are ready to start from her head, and she says, "Tighter," till my hands tingle.

    Redemption and two other plays Leo Tolstoy 1869

  • Sometimes I lace her up so that her eyes are ready to start from her head, and she says, "Tighter," till my hands tingle.

    Fruits of Culture Leo Tolstoy 1869

  • Tighter budgets are forcing some companies to cut costs in risk management and control, giving fraudsters more opportunities to falsify accounts or siphon off funds.

    Fraud at senior management level is highlighted in KPMG report 2011

  • Tighter regulation in the wake of the Act is accordingly proving more difficult than was originally hoped: partly due to the difficulty of getting Congressional clearance for Obama appointees, partly because of the sheer complexity of the practices being regulated, and partly because of resistance from large institutions and their lobbyists.

    David Coates: Punishment or Pushback: Financial Regulation in the Midst of Recession David Coates 2011

  • Tighter budgets are forcing some companies to cut costs in risk management and control, giving fraudsters more opportunities to falsify accounts or siphon off funds.

    Fraud at senior management level is highlighted in KPMG report 2011

  • Tighter regulation in the wake of the Act is accordingly proving more difficult than was originally hoped: partly due to the difficulty of getting Congressional clearance for Obama appointees, partly because of the sheer complexity of the practices being regulated, and partly because of resistance from large institutions and their lobbyists.

    David Coates: Punishment or Pushback: Financial Regulation in the Midst of Recession David Coates 2011

  • Tighter recruitment procedures need to be introduced across

    Phony Veterans and POW's - Article Index 2010

  • In fact, this completely contradicts the Journal's own reporting on June 25, "Tighter Lending Crimps Housing," describing the current struggle of home buyers unable to obtain nonconforming loans with credit scores over 800, no debt, and who are willing to put 50% down.

    We Need Conforming Loan Limits Extended for Now 2011

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