Word: tightly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Ueberroth was, among other things, preternaturally lucky. Almost everyone who thought about it had made a private bet with himself that no matter how tight the security, the odds were that a fanatic with a bomb in a gym bag would take down half a stadium one afternoon. When, the night before the opening, a man drove a car down the sidewalk in the Westwood section of Los Angeles, killing one person and injuring some 50 others, Americans muttered, "Oh, God! Here we go." But then the Games went off as peacefully as an Edwardian field...
...Cougars have led the country in passing seven of the past nine years. For all of their quarterbacks with professional skills-going back to Virgil Carter in the '60s-no receivers have been similarly distinguished. The Raiders' tight end Todd Christensen was a fullback at B.Y.U. Bosco says, "We don't get the top recruits, the fastest receivers, but the ones we get are smart. They do what they're told. They don't ad-lib." This season they have managed to catch his passes for 35 touchdowns and more than 4,000 yds., including...
...Administration's attempts to get everyone into lockstep also extend to the Federal Reserve Board. Regan last week blamed Chairman Paul Volcker's tight-money policy for slower economic growth. Though retail sales appear strong, Regan lashed out at the Fed for preventing a year-end shopping boom. "This is not a great Christmas," contended Regan, "and the reason is that people just aren't spending because the credit terms are so high." Regan said that a study was under way about how to get the independent Fed under some form of Administration control...
...trips per day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. The pressure was so disorienting, he recalls, it was like "working down there on three martinis each." Five more years will be needed to finish the job. In the meantime, a police patrol boat is maintaining tight security over the site...
...rate of the heartbeat, at one point lowering it to 30 beats per min. (75 is customary for Schroeder), leaving him weak and short of breath and looking exactly as he did before the implant. The other experiment was also uncomfortable: to measure his lungs' output, a tight-fitting mask was placed over his nose and mouth. The test was expected to last 45 min. but took 1½ hr. "He was very upset about that but still cooperated with us," said DeVries, adding, "He kind of told me off." Though Schroeder agreed to the tests before the implant...