Word: tighter
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...field people are set,” Furst said. “But for sprinters, the curve is definitely tighter on their race than our banked track...
...officials let most of the physical contact go in the first period before calling the two penalties that led to Ruggiero’s power-play goal. In the last two periods, the officials called the game tighter and awarded each team a two-man advantage...
...terrified brain would signal the adrenal glands, located on top of the kidneys, to release hormones, including adrenaline (its more technical name: epinephrine) and glucocorticoids (see chart), and the nerve cells to release norepinephrine. These powerful chemicals made the senses sharper, the muscles tighter, the heart pound faster, the bloodstream fill with sugars for ready energy. Then, when the danger passed, the response would turn...
After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, most Americans were willing to concede small infringements on their civil liberties to ensure tighter national security. At the time, some liberal watchdogs warned that the Bush administration would take Americans’ fears as a mandate to run roughshod over rights in the name of protection. It appears they were right...
...Handpicked Vol. II may be full of great songs, but it doesn’t quite hold together as an album. It feels more like a college student’s mix CD, which is fine, but the flow of the tracks could have been tighter. You may well have most of these songs on MP3. But if you haven’t heard of Phantom Planet, Norah Jones, or The Music, or in fact any of the other bands on this album, it’s definitely worth a listen. MTV has ‘handpicked’ some...