Word: tightly
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Congress has been compared to an aviary whose inhabitants tend to band together in tiny groups that flap around in circles. But every now and then all the birds wing in tight formation to the same destination. It happened last year on tax reform and drug legislation. As the 100th Congress gets to work, the flock is forming early. This time its goal is to pass a trade bill, one that, for a change, will not be shot down by President Reagan's veto...
...names of likely nominees for the two latest vacancies, which became an item of speculation last week, the Administration now seems inclined to continue to let the board have some dissenting voices. One probable nominee is Leif Olsen, 60, a former Citibank economist who leans toward a monetarist, or tight-money, philosophy. Another is Edward Kelley, 54, a Houston investment counselor who displays no particular allegiance to easy-money thinking...
Physical education, an integral part of school curriculums since World War II, is now considered expendable under tight budgets. Currently, 17 states have mandatory phys ed. Only a third of all students take such classes daily; many get as little as one hour a week. Where athletic programs exist, they often emphasize team sports rather than individual conditioning. "Baseball has become a cult," explains Dr. Paul Dyment, head of the American Academy of Pediatrics sports committee, "but it's a game of skill, not fitness...
...people may have to become even more used to him. Insiders whisper that he is pondering a run for higher office; he has been mentioned as a possible vice-presidential candidate. The Secretary brushes off such rumors, saying that what he would really like to be is a tight end for the Chicago Bears. "If a feeler comes from them, I'm gone," jokes Bennett, a burly 220- pounder who played tackle at Williams College. But he concedes a joy in the rough-and-tumble of politics: "Do I like it? I say yeah...
...with Lee last month, Filmmaker Janna Gelfand, 26, read off the venial sins that had cost her an added pound, notably hors d'oeuvres at two cocktail parties. "You should have had a big bowl of vegetable soup before leaving your house," said Lee. Gelfand objected, "I had a tight dress on, and soup puffs out my tummy." Still, she has lost ten pounds and is enthusiastic about Lee's method; "She tells me to imagine fat cells sticking their tongues out at me when I eat the wrong thing. It works...