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Word: tightly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Traditional nemesis Army handed Harvard its sole defeat this year in a tight contest that was decided in the last relay. The Crimson will again face Army a week from today in the Heptagonals...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Powerful Cindermen Host Bruins Today at 'Bubble' | 2/15/1969 | See Source »

What a coup! Magazines sold out on newsstands across the country. How did Esquire do it? In a manner worthy of a tight-lipped Hughes aide, Editor Harold Hayes huffed, "I think I must elect not to discuss it at all." No wonder. The man and woman are models. The photos, shot in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., are to draw attention to a story on Hughes by a reporter who spent two months on the assignment and-like all other reporters-got not a single glimpse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Magazines: Dubious Achievement Award | 2/14/1969 | See Source »

...history at which man first became conscious of himself as apart from the animals may have been the first step in his undoing. Man had to constantly reassure himself. He knew he was different from the animals; but, perhaps because the distance was so small, he grew up tight about it. Man had to constantly reassure himself, as we are reassuring ourselves today. He had to persuade himself over and over of his superiority to the animals--and to do this he had to deny his own very real animalism--in all its fury and all its beauty. Thousands...

Author: By Nicholas Gagarin, | Title: Esalen and Harvard: Looking at Life From Both Sides Now | 2/14/1969 | See Source »

...McMillian, a 6'5" junior, is a bona fide All-American. He's averaging about 20 points a game, plays a tight defense when he wants to and rebounds when he has to. He relies heavily on his quickness and agility...

Author: By Richard D. Paisner, | Title: Harvard Hoopsters Battle Second-Place Lions Today | 2/13/1969 | See Source »

...women named Jessica fight her way into the circle. It was a traditional game, which they played because Jessica, who had said even less than the boy, suddenly told the group that she felt like an outsider. The group, at June's suggestion, formed a tight circle, standing up, with arms and shoulders and hips locked--and with Jessica on the outside. It was her role to fight...

Author: By Nicholas Gagarin, | Title: In the New Pastures of Heaven | 2/12/1969 | See Source »

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