Word: tightly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lately permissible), a British chestnut addicted only to Guinness Stout (a pint a day with his oats and carrots) and that California fresh-air fiend Ferdinand. For all of his clean living, Ferdinand drew the dreaded rail, and the pinch at the start of the stampede was so precariously tight that Shoemaker had to stand virtually straight up in the irons. With every one of his 96 lbs., he yanked in the reins magnificently to hold Ferdinand on the course. They settled down into last place...
...difficult to see why the Sandinistas are so anxious to keep a tight rein on Obando. At a May Day Mass last week, the Cardinal used his homily to defend the right to strike, which was among the guarantees suspended in October. He warned sternly that "Marxism does not have the solution for the working class." In the past Obando has attacked Nicaragua's unpopular universal military draft and urged young men to enter seminaries as a way of avoiding it. He has urged the government to negotiate with the contra rebels and declined to condemn the Reagan Administration...
...tight that every time I pulled the roll down it would break, leaving me with a single tiny sheet in my hands. Being used to pulling the roll and letting the sheets fly until several yards of toilet paper was all over the ground, this was a disappointment...
Grad students face pressures themselves, not the least of which is their imminent graduation into an always hostile and sometimes tight job market. They are also at the direct mercy of their faculty advisors for teaching fellow positions and professional contacts, as well as for thesis-related support...
...more midair refueling operations. One last snafu occurred when one of the F-111s overheated and was diverted to a U.S. naval station near the Spanish town of Rota. When the rest of the crews returned to Britain after spending 15 hours strapped into the F- 111s' tight quarters, some men had to be lifted out of their seats...