Word: tight
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Adolf Hitler was in a tight place last week. Canny Chancellor Heinrich Bruning had helped to put him there, first by stealing Fascist Hitler's own battle-cry of "No more Reparations!" then by seeking his aid to keep Old Paul von Hindenburg in the presidency after his term expires in May (TIME, Jan. 18). Handsome Adolf would have to think twice before ousting the man who might end Germany's "economic slavery" (Bruning), and four or five times before opposing the "Idol of the Fatherland" (Old Paul). From his conference with Chancellor Bruning Herr Hitler stalked in a huff...
Fascist Hitler left in a huff. Canny Brüning had put him in a tight position. Old Paul is Germany's idol. Should he refuse the Bruning request, Fascist Hitler would be accused of repudiating the idol. If he agreed, he would see himself diddled out of his great chance to seize the government legally. Stormed Hitler lieutenants...
...jayvees had some tight moments in the first and last periods when Dewey, the Belmont center, made his unassisted tallies. He was the only individual star of the game. R. A. B. Braggiotti '33 contributed to the victory with a spectacular shot in the opening seconds of the second stanza. Accurate passing and shooting were much in evidence in the second period onslaught, and the jayvee defence, though not often threatened, functioned well...
...marksmen had to be restrained. Mayor George Baker forbade an execution, but ordered a machine gun squad to stand guard while steel cables were fashioned into nooses. Hay was spread over the nooses, the cable ends fastened to trucks. Tusko reached for the hay, the trucks pulled the nooses tight around him. Police remained on guard while Mayor Baker called his council to decide whether to build Tusko a steel cage or to execute him legally...
Three things engaged the attention of coppermen last week: Union, Curtailment and Tariff. Union in the copper industry has existed through Copper Exporters, Inc.. the tight-lipped powerful U. S. selling association. Recently Phelps Dodge Corp. objected to some of the Association's policies, served a 30-days resignation notice (TIME, Dec. 7). Last week copper's united front was reunited. Phelps Dodge's resignation was withdrawn. Copper Exporters, Inc. seldom makes statements but it was understood that the selling agreements have been modified, that henceforth a member may undersell the Association in Europe. This makes artificial price-pegging...