Word: tighter
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...rejection: the giant does not know what to do with his strength; the woman is in disgrace because she is unfaithful to her husband and because she was a beggar when she married; everyone in the marketplace cheats the Jew and spits on him. The bond that draws slowly tighter, pulling them together, although not strong enough to keep them so, is a common rebellion, a disgust for the violent life of the town square, which the Jew and the woman have long shared, and which the woman gradually pushes into the fuddled head of her lover, the big longshoreman...
Major benefit of transfer: tighter coordination between Dry raids and prosecutions...
...Sharkey will beat Scott," predicted Conley. "Without criticizing the erect English style of fighting, I'll point out that in the American crouching position the left shoulder affords more protection, the stomach muscles are tighter, and it is easier to duck a left jab to the head...