Word: taut
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...could have soared higher but for a curious fact: its proper beginning seems uncomfortably wedged in its middle. Two of the three principals disappear in the midst of the story for half an hour of screen time. The curious result is a fast-paced adventure yarn laced around a taut interlude of high drama...
...move constantly, toughening his men by day-long forced marches and showing them every strategic rock, gully and tall tree. He won the good will of mountain peasants by spending hours in conversation with them, paying them in cold Cuban cash for food and help. He kept discipline taut, collected recruits a few at a time. By the time last week's campaign began, he had close to 400 seasoned men, most of them equipped with modern weapons. And though evacuated peasants jammed hospitals and army barracks in towns surrounding the mountains, upwards of 30,000 were left behind...
Died. Louise Schroeder, 70, mild-mannered spinster who gained international admiration as Berlin's Acting Lord Mayor (1947-48) during months of the taut, East-West political contest for the city, climaxed by the Russian blockade and the Allied airlift that broke it; of a heart attack; in Berlin...
Throughout the taut and tiny land of Israel blue-and-white flags bearing the Star of David fluttered proudly in observance of the ninth Independence Day celebration of the Middle East's fastest-growing and toughest nation. But even more symbolic of Israel's independent spirit was the arrival, in five boatloads, of 2,600 immigrants, the largest number to arrive in a single day since...
...They were short and well suited to the work, which he played magnificently. His touch was sparkling or tender as called for, and his interpretation showed meticulous care. The Orchestra was fine behind him, and, except for a tempo disagreement in the last movement, the rhythms were taut and exciting...