Word: tighter
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Social Realism as a form is tighter, more constrained, more artificial than the sonnet. It has only one scenario: the proletariat realizing its historical role. It has no hero except the proletariat itself. It has only one outcome, the triumph of workers. To a Marxist of course this is the scenario of history, so it is obviously valid and objective. Social Realism is in many ways more like a theorem than a complex work of art. It uses the postulates of a particular system of belief in order to deduce a proof that the original beliefs were valid...
...criticizing his arrogance and intolerance as well as his reluctance to delegate authority. There were increasingly bitter allegations of corruption, centering on his eldest son Gohar Ayub, who had risen from army captain to millionaire in six years. Ayub's reaction to all complaints was to impose tighter curbs on the press and his opponents. His reputation took another dip with the near calamitous war with India. Ayub's propaganda organs claimed victory when even the simplest peasant could see that that was nowhere near the truth...
Both teams won five matches apiece, but the five points won by Howie Freedman at 191 made the difference. "It was a good win," Harvard coach John Lee said, "but it was tighter than it should have been." It was only the second time in fourteen years that the wrestlers have beaten Cornell...
France, 1944. Hysterically, a German soldier tries to break the American sergeant's stranglehold. But there is no escape; the grip grows tighter until the soldier chokes to death. The sergeant releases his victim -and his own breath returns in a series of orgasmic spasms...
...trend toward tighter and costlier money-combined with expectations of continuing inflation-portends trouble in the U.S. securities markets. Bond dealers are afraid that even the high yields on fixed-interest securities are too low, relative to the rate of inflation. These dealers figure that they may have a tough time floating the issues that industry needs to expand and modernize. With somewhat less justification, stockbrokers worry that investors will switch out of stocks and into bonds because the difference in yields is so enormous. This month, the average yield on Triple-A corporate bonds climbed to 6.47%, while...