1.   An agreement noted that a new law had tightened disclosure requirements for political organizations, including ones run by allies of DeLay.

2.   Banks began to tighten lending requirements to other investment funds, raising fears of a credit shortage.

3.   -- Tightening residency requirements for out-of-state undergraduates, and in the meantime barring their admission to public colleges.

4.   A move by Congress to tighten requirements for Canadians entering the United States has Ottawa in a tizzy.

5.   After his Olympic performance, however, ski jumping officials moved to tighten the requirements for qualifying for the Games.

6.   After the September attacks, Congress imposed new restrictions requiring background checks of many foreigners studying at flight schools here, and immigration officials tightened visa requirements.

7.   But there is only so much money available for tax cuts, and the Republicans tightened the requirements over the past few weeks.

8.   Guei personally made last-minute changes to the text, tightening the requirements for candidates in presidential elections.

9.   In response, bishops are tightening marriage requirements with six-month engagements and premarital counseling.

10.   In the wake of the highly publicized Ressam arrest, an embarrassed Canada pledged to tighten refugee requirements and ban fundraising by terrorist-linked groups.