Patterns were getting tighter and after multiple failures, they took off and showed commitment.

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You just felt it was like a vice in your body getting tighter and tighter.

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With their kids' college bills and own retirements approaching, he was interested in getting tighter reins on their finances.

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Actually, there are some early signs that financing is getting tighter.

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The web of rules is getting tighter around financial executives.

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The thinking was that with finances tight and getting tighter, even the most isolationist elements in local government accepted they had to do things differently, that they had to collaborate.

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The market is getting tighter.

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Another factor is that the timetable for getting the bill through is tighter than might be imagined.

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"The garment industry has operated for more than 10 years in Cambodia, so the buildings are getting old, " increasing the need for tighter inspections, said Kong Athit, secretary general of the Cambodian Labor Confederation, which represents garment workers, including some at Top World.

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It imposes tighter screening on employers, essentially barring undocumented workers from getting jobs.

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Following recent problems at several big Swiss insurance companies, the commission will also take charge of the insurance sector, as well as keeping a tighter watch on the performance of audit firms, some of which it feels have been getting too close to their clients.

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