Word: tightly
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...businesses and are entering professions and occupations in which they work side by side with men. At King Saud University, female students still attend classes on a separate campus and listen to lectures from male professors over closed-circuit TV. But beneath their veiled garments, many are outfitted in tight skirts, spike heels and snug-fitting tops and resemble nothing so much as Brooke Shields look- alikes. The coeds are becoming more aggressive at the dating game. They bring photos of their brothers and cousins to school to exchange with their classmates and provide telephone numbers when interest is shown...
Since Tuesday's U.S. attack on Libya, the tight security at embassies and other U.S. installations worldwide has been toughened still further. Embassies are receiving about a dozen credible bomb threats a day, State Department officials said...
...economies to grow without increasing energy use at the same rate. Between 1973 and 1985, the U.S. economy expanded by almost one-third while energy consumption fell slightly. Says Rimmer de Vries, chief international economist for Morgan Guaranty Trust: "We used to be hooked on oil. But now the tight relationship between oil and growth has been considerably loosened...
...After Filipino strikers blockaded the base's gates on March 21 in a bid for more severance pay, the barmaids found themselves separated from their main source of income. But the women finally took matters into their own hands. A large band of irate bar girls, many dressed in tight-fitting shorts and braless tops, stormed the picket line at the Clark base. In short order the ladies dispersed the strikers and set the G.I.s free. Their uprising, however, did not stop the strike, which finally ended three days later...
Amid unusually tight security, police officers prevented reporters from approaching Meese last night, and a Justice Department spokesman yesterday said the attorney general would have no time to answer questions during his three-day stay inCambridge...