Word: tighter
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...island traces its troubles to protests in 1989 against Bougainville Copper Limited's mine. A local landowner, Ona led others in demands for compensation and tighter environmental controls. The P.N.G. military was brought in to suppress the revolt, and the conflict evolved into a secessionist rebellion that eventually claimed the lives of between 12,000 and 15,000 people, according to the U.N. While other elements of the original independence fighters signed a ceasefire in 1998, Ona has vowed to occupy the mine and surrounding regions until Bougainville is granted independence...
Giving up 11 goals in two games, it is arguable whether the Crimson passed that test or not, but there was definite improvement over the course of the two days—playing much tighter against the incredibly explosive Minnesota offense...
...disappointment wouldn't weigh so heavily if the promise of victory hadn't swirled so tantalizingly close. John Kerry's finest days, the period when he looked the most presidential, came during the debates, with the campaign finish line twinkling on the horizon. Throughout October, as the race pulled tighter than Paris Hilton's jeans, Kerry volunteers flooded the purple states to energize their voters--tens of thousands of them newly registered...
...hoped. Gadfly bundled up and ventured out to the banks of the Charles to check out the thieves and lowlifes HUPD had warned us about—you know, the preps, blue-bloods, good ol’ boys and other scum of (high) society. The only thing tighter than the security was the lockjaw...
...would have liked to have seen the defense play a little tighter, Johnson said. This was one of the best games Ive played at Harvard...