Word: tightly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...condition of the royal cousins hushed up? If so, it may have been the work of a former Countess of Strathmore, a paternal aunt, who periodically updated the family's entry in Burke's. Buckingham Palace remained tight- lipped on the matter. But Elizabeth Norman, head of the hospital's auxiliary, said she wrote to the Queen Mother about her nieces in 1982 and received a reply. In it, said Norman, the Queen Mum expressed surprise at the news that the two were still alive, and sent money to buy them gifts...
...rain and poor field conditions, Harvard's first two games were postponed, and a tight schedule will make it difficult to make up those missed contests...
...ebullient Kemp, a conservative mirror image of Hubert Humphrey, loves to talk. When he is minutes into a speech, his head bobs back and forth, as if straining against a too-tight collar and tiepin. He plants his feet far apart and unfurls his arms, flexing his fingers to pantomime an expression like "quote, unquote." He speaks so quickly, using so many facts and historical allusions, that he often fails to engage his audience. His aides have given him a digital stopwatch to remind him to keep it short...
...played great," Williamson said. "We all came together and played well. I didn't think we would win 8-1. We knew they could play well, but we didn't think expect an 'easy' win. The scores are deceptive--all of the games were tight...
Five weeks later, under extremely tight security, one of the Contras returned to Harvard. The College had extra policemen on hand, in addition to several videotape cameras trained on the audience. About 10 minutes into the speech, roughly one-third of the audience stood up and left in protest of the Contras...