Word: tightly
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Defending NCAA champion North Dakota scored two shorthanded goals in the second period to beat the Eagles, 2-1, in Game One January 14. In Game Two nine days later, B.C. played a tight game with topranked Maine only to lose in over-time, 3-2, on a goal scored, fittingly, by plus-minus leader Christian Lalonde. In Game Three, a pesky Providence squad gave the Eagles all they could handle before bowing, 4-3, January...
...Sullivan both said the zoning changes ought to put stricter limits on the sizes of buildings relative to the dimensions of their lots. Like several of their colleagues, they support a system of "incentive zoning." The system, which is applied most notably in New York City, starts with unusually tight restrictions, and then grants exceptions for developers who agree to include various forms of public improvements in their plans...
High Tide's Lilli (seething enigmatically under the tight rein of Judy Davis' performance) is quite like Judith Hearne. Rootlessly she ranges the Australian provinces as another sort of fringe musician, backup singer for an Elvis imitator. She too drinks, and though she will indulge in desultory sex, it is not a high priority with her. Most important, she too is presented with a last chance to turn her life around -- to reveal her identity and reclaim her long-abandoned daughter Ally (the soberly lovely Claudia Karvan...
...sincere this all is, or how permanent." Though the jazzy magazine program West 57th has survived its harshest critics and done some solid journalism, its ratings on Saturday night remain low. 48 Hours will have a similarly tough job winning viewers in its difficult Tuesday slot. CBS, in a tight race with ABC for second place in the prime-time ratings, will find it hard to stick with the shows if no one tunes...
...piano for hours, discoursing on composers from Rodgers to Prokofiev. On more personal topics he is reticent. He is particularly uncomfortable about his personal fortune and tends to scale down the size of his wealth and possessions. In fact, he is sometimes criticized for being tight-fisted with his money. ("Andrew thought he was broke when he was down to his last (pounds)3 million," says one friend...