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Word: tightly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...many women were dressed like they were going to give plantation tours. One group went for the Donna Karan tight skirt look, and so could only dance from the thighs up, while an equal number wore strapless gowns, and so could only dance from the waist down...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: Dazed and Confused | 10/14/1986 | See Source »

...evangelist last spoke at Harvard two years ago. At that time, security was tight because the University anticipated hecklers like those who disrupted an earlier speech by Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jerry Falwell to Discuss Influence of Evangelists | 10/6/1986 | See Source »

Then he throws a loop around the sorrel colt's neck. The horse runs, then plants his feet and struggles. Ray holds the lariat tight -- not with a "fighting feel," but patiently, until the fear subsides. As soon as the colt moves forward, Ray rewards him by throwing slack in the rope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Wyoming: Horse and Rider Learn Together | 10/6/1986 | See Source »

...sixth-place carrier (8.1%). Two weeks ago Delta Air Lines announced a bid to take over the fourth-place spot (11.9%) in the passenger race with an $860 million play for Western. Warns Lee Howard, an economist with the Washington consulting firm Airline Economics: "We see a tight oligopoly emerging in the airline industry, with perhaps a half-dozen major carriers controlling 90% of U.S. travel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flying Among the Merger Clouds | 9/29/1986 | See Source »

...South Korean government of President Chun Doo Hwan blamed the North Koreans for the attack. It promptly increased already tight security, hoping to quell any notion that Seoul was an unsafe site for the games -- or indeed for the 1988 Olympics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Korea: The Show Must Go On | 9/29/1986 | See Source »

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