Word: tightly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...said he felt the strike was necessary "I've worked for a lot of restaurants over the past six years and I've never worked for one that was as cheap and tight as this...
...tight security did not, however, filter out all the hecklers, some of whom managed to display anti-Reagan banners throughout the speech...
...brownstone, took 60% of each woman's earnings. The women had to shave their legs daily, and Barrows kept careful menstrual and weight charts on them. Those who got a bit flabby were suspended from work for two days for each extra pound. "She ran a pretty tight ship," concedes one police officer...
Most experts say that because consumption is gradually rising, the OPEC countries should simply stand by their prices. "If OPEC just sits tight this time, it will probably come through," said an international oil analyst in Paris. "The market is looking for a psychological boost, and it's in OPEC'S interest to provide one." Moreover, the timing of OPEC's current crisis, at the beginning of the cold-weather season, puts the group at a better advantage than at its last trial, which occurred at winter...
...proposed townhouses over other projects, remarks, this threatens to make this stretch of Massachusetts Avenue into "Highrise Avenue." Two highrise condominiums have gone up within feet of the Francis Allyn site--in the past two years. The lucrative development potential of the popular neighborhood along with Cambridge's notoriously tight rental market has heightened the commission's dilemma...