Word: tighter
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...respect they desire. Although Sazzae doesn’t quite attain its literary aspirations, it does show that not all writers with potential reach their audience through the mainstream process. If Sazzae had been squeezed by the pressure of that process, the writing would likely be much tighter and more consistent. Morin surely has talent, but there is something to be said for jumping through all the normal hoops...
...recent party in DeWolfe, members joined hands to perform the ritual. It was a tighter squeeze than it used to be, but they still...
Like Pi Eta a few decades earlier, Sigma Chi prided itself on its outsider status. As the President of Perspective, Feltman says he would not have felt comfortable joining the Delphic or the A.D. like his roommates, and the fraternity promised a close-knit brotherhood he considers tighter than that of the clubs. “We were able to sell it as ‘not a final club,’” he says...
With death now seeming to me like a certainty, I clung to Stith tighter than ever—less out of a concern for safety than to ensure that if I was going to be thrown from the bike to my grim demise, at least I would have some company. Undoubtedly, Stith and I would have plenty to discuss standing outside of the pearly gates, such as the subtle distinctions between Storrow Drive and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway...
...what to do about it isn't at all clear. Some experts favor tighter enforcement of existing rules and greater resources for the understaffed, overworked review boards that too often let shoddy research proceed. Others think patients need to be told more clearly and forcefully what the dangers and limitations of clinical trials really are. Still others are convinced that financial conflicts of interest--drug companies sponsoring trials and paying doctors--are the root of all evil. Bills are being introduced in both houses of Congress in the next few weeks that are designed to better protect research subjects...