Word: tight
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Meanwhile it became evident last week that all was not well within the tight little circle of correspondents who cover the White House and report the President, under rules of his own making, to the country. To Manhattan to address the National Republican Club went Correspondent Krock-"Arthur"' to the Presi-dent-of the great New York Times. As befitted the No. i Washington man of an independent Democratic paper, Arthur Krock attempted to present a first-hand nonpartisan picture of White House press relations. Yet before he had done he spoke in a way that may well have...
...does not want to answer. He is a master of avoidance, and the rules of courtesy, plus the prestige of his great office, preclude any attempt to pin him down. He gives out in these conferences just what he wishes to give out, and, if he is in a tight place, there is always the unfair device of 'off the record,' or the less blameworthy evasion: 'I haven't read...
...pelvic bone which forms the upper edge of the hip socket. The loosened piece of bone he bends down and wedges securely with bone grafts. After healing, the downturned chunk of pelvis acts like a claw to hold the hip bone within its socket. The new grip is just tight enough to let the leg swing...
...Tight spot. Many an observer regarded the present make-up of the Supreme Court as fortunate, for today, when the U. S. is swayed by a politically powerful liberal movement, the Court is dominated neither by conservatives who would block all attempts at change, nor by liberals who would put no check on hasty attempts to alter the face of government. Yet this well-balanced court is in a tight spot. A majority may believe that it would be less serious for the U. S. to face the economic upset caused by upholding the gold clauses than to establish...
Last week the trim white Colonial student houses of Bennington College were locked up tight. Bennington's 230 bright, healthy young women had put their ski trousers away in mothballs and, like all other college students, gone home for the holidays. Unlike the others, the girls of Bennington would not be back for two months. This week each of the 230 will be off to do field work in some part of North America or Europe...