Word: tight
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Tenez ban! Hold tight!" shouted a delighted auditor...
...Japanese G. H. Q. in Mukden, tight-lipped General Shigeru Honjo insisted his troops were moving out "to clear the country of bandits," but added that Chinese evacuation of Chinchow "is now absolutely imperative." Seemingly he thought that Chinchow might be taken without bloodshed, the Chinese soldiers merely scattering like chaff. Cheerily a Japanese aid-de-camp spoke of "taking over Chinchow by Christmas...
Lawyer Drummond has kept sane in the midst of her bewildering subject by keeping a tight grip on her sense of humor. She calls attention to a Kentucky case in which "a separation due to the wife's refusal to cohabit at all with her spouse is metaphorically described as 'an unfortunate failure to guide the marital craft into the port of happiness.' " If you like cider you may be pleased to learn that habitual use of it, not amounting to habitual drunkenness, is not grounds for divorce in New Hampshire...
...Southwestern statesman of a past era. Full-bodied, he has slender legs and phenomenally small feet. His face is round and soft, yet handsome. On his wavy black hair, worn longish, he pulls down an oldfashioned, broad-brimmed black felt hat. His clothes are dark and a trifle tight. Black bow ties cover his collar button. An instinctive politician, he has a ready smile, a friendly chuckle, hosts of one-name friends. He is a Knight of Pythias, Son of the American Revolution, Methodist Episcopalian (South), all in good standing. He smokes cigars, chews gum and tobacco...
Potent is tight-lipped Copper Exporters, Inc., foreign sales agency for U. S. producers. This group was formed in 1926, has since set the price abroad. Katanga belongs to it. Foreign consumers have often complained bitterly about the price, roundly denounced the association. Although copper for export should theoretically be no more than the shipping rate above the New York price, the disparity has often been .0075? instead of the accepted .0025? per lb. Smaller members of the association have complained, found themselves up against a strong voting control which brooked little criticism. Last week all dissenters found...