Word: tightly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Politics, like the poor, are always with us. But now that the fate of the Supreme Court seems to rest in the hands of Senator Ashurst's tight little judiciary committee, and the noise of battle has died down while the proponents of the abortive plan try to drive some sort of a compromise with the President in order to get the measure through at all, the most significant political news of the week comes not from the legislative halls of Washington, but rather from the back rooms of local Republican clubs in New York City. For the Republicans...
...until the final frame the game was a tight struggle, neither team ever being more than one run ahead. Harvard had a hard time making anything from the offerings of Stehnach, who held them to 4 hits through the eighth, but the Cornell outfielders were playing tag with the ball in a high wind and helped pile up a total of six errors to give the Mitchellmen 4 unearned runs...
...surprised when a passing truck driver waved him a cheery salute. Back waved King Christian, and at that moment his horse, young and excitable, suddenly reared, fell down. Beneath the horse one of the King's legs was pinioned and anxious bystanders rushed to help. With a tight-lipped grin King Christian remounted, rode back to Amalienborg Castle as though nothing had happened. That evening, none the worse for his fall, he entertained at dinner...
Wounds of the feet should be treated with mild antiseptics, and vitality of the tissues should not be destroyed by handling, tight bandages or sutures. Drains should not be used in foot wounds because "they provide a path for the entrance of surface bacteria to the depths of the wound. At times they are used to salve the conscience of the operator who knows that he has been inexcusedly careless in his sterilization or hemostasis [arrest of bleeding...
...more fascinated when she deprecates his film appearances but admires his acting on the stage years ago. Having obtained her address, Duncan gets a bottle of whiskey and a hat and coat which he puts on over his pajamas, escapes from the sanatorium, appears at the Schwartzes' gloriously tight. He is received with enthusiasm by Camille find her mother...