Word: tightly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mates, the Captain shouts into the gale. Not dead yet. Hold tight. His cronies link their arms and close their ranks...
...Most of it is mental discipline," Armstrong said, explaining the secret to Harvard's penalty killing success. "You have to stay where you should be and keep a tight box. When you deviate from that system, that's when you're going to get stung...
...years, many insiders have blamed headquarters. And in fact Big Blue's corporate staff in Armonk, N.Y., was keeping a tight, often stifling lock on decision-making authority. But suddenly IBM is trying to loosen its collar. Last week Chairman John Akers announced a historic restructuring in which the company's top management will transfer much of its decision-making authority to five newly created groups that will act almost like separate companies. "This is a major decentralization," said Akers. "The benefit will be that our management team will spend less time at corporate headquarters and more time with customers...
...East Coast families noted for their philanthropic activities. Straus put up $50,000 to help start FS&G after World War II. He insists that he does not subsidize the company with his own money, although he admits to having used his personal line of credit when things got tight. Farrar, Straus' sales have gone up 50% in the past two years, although up from what remains private information, one of the advantages of not being part of a publicly held corporation...
...inside shots were not falling," said Delaney Smith, "and they looked real tight on offense in the second half, as if they were nervous...