Word: tautly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...after his return to Moscow, was a rejection of sculpture as mass in favor of an expression of "continuous depth," as more befitting what was soon to become the space age. "With the plumb line in our hand, eyes as precise as a ruler, in a spirit as taut as a compass," he affirmed "kinetic rhythms as the basic forms of our perception of real time...
Gabo's sculptures are frequently made from translucent plastic, phosphor bronze or glass; the shape is usually a swooping arc, strung with taut wire or string, like a harp, that forms a delicate open-sided cage for space. Their construction has been likened to architecture, their humming strings to music, their balance to mathematics...
During the past year President Johnson's distrust of White House correspondents and of the majority of political columnists has not subsided. The press's criticism of the Vietnam policy and its frequent inflation warnings are partly responsible for this taut, uneasy relationship. But the roots of the impasse lie in the President's limited conception of the press's privileges and responsibilities...
...CAME IN FROM THE COLD. In this taut, tasteful version of John le Carré's bestseller about a burnt-out British secret agent, Richard Burton gives his best screen performance...
...defend their valid needs, the intelligence to give the school a clear lead. A medieval historian whose intimacy with centuries of human experience has taught him to "question the certitudes of people," he continually argues that "knowledge must be humanized." Yet as administrator he holds the reins so taut that some faculty members call him "autocratic" or even "utterly ruthless...