Word: tightly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...established plutocracy of England a democracy? Is the red republic of France a democracy? Is the tight little military despotism of Czecho-Slovakia a democracy ? Is the oligarchy of Russia a democracy? Is the United States of America, so carefully set up as a republic to guard against either democracy or autocracy, a democracy2...
...bottom air is withdrawn, sucking the bag in, until it forms a neat lining on the cylinder's walls. The chicken is popped in, air is exhausted from the bag, its mouth is closed. Then as the bag is dipped in warm water, it shrinks to fit skin-tight and almost invisible around the chicken...
...sufficient income to stop working and write as he pleased. He sent in his resignation to baffled superiors, moved to a Manhattan apartment, began the full-time literary career he had dreamed of. Some Like Them Short is his first book since then-a collection of 20 tight-kerneled, first-rate stories and sketches ranging from the tale of a shoe salesman to a group of sketches about German War prisoners. But only four of these stories were written in the last year. Besides these, Author March has done some work on a novel, a book of fables, enough short...
Doug McKellar and Al Stevens collected 16 and 15 points respectively, chiefly of the long shot variety, to turn a tight defensive battle into a Yale victory. Despite this effective long-range sniping by the two Elis, the contest was not decided until the final ten minutes when Yale staged a determined spurt to put the game...
...tight battle packed with beautiful shooting and defensive work, the Yardling hoopsters defeated the Yale Freshmen 51 to 41 in the Indoor Athletic Building Saturday evening. One of the closest in the season, it was either team's game until the fourth quarter with the Yardlings leading at the end of the torrid third period...