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Word: tightly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...from the time of the squandered chance until the bottom of the ninth, the score held tight...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Talon-ted Eagles Edge Batswomen in Nine | 4/9/1986 | See Source »

Harvard's Bill Stanley defeated Steve Denny at second singles in a tight three-setter...

Author: By Steve Li, | Title: Netmen Settle Kentucky Feud After Losing Tennessee Tussle | 4/7/1986 | See Source »

...just an area, but it became a launching pad for young designers." Some of these flamboyantly monikered tyros (like Animal-X, Katpeacent, Nick Nix) could be easily confused with the local rock talent (Cargo Cult, Live Skull), which is no accident. The relationship between music and design is especially tight along these streets. The designers catch a spirit from the tunes, and tune in to new ideas at clubs as various as the trendy-tony Palladium and the ever elusive Love Club, which moves at regular intervals. "The clubs are where you go to find out what people are wearing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: East Village Stars and Stripes | 4/7/1986 | See Source »

...cinema star," she says, "I understand that young women are rushing out of restaurants to assault him." That has been happening to Eastwood, 55, since he first sauntered across television screens in 1959 as Rowdy Yates on Rawhide and, in the mid-'60s, appeared as the taut-jawed, tight-lipped hero of three movies dubbed spaghetti westerns. But it is clearly not the kind of scene that the mayor likes to see playing in Carmel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Go Ahead, Voters, Make My Day: Clint Eastwood | 4/7/1986 | See Source »

...Larry Speakes began a press briefing that was carried live by all the networks. When he finished describing the Libyan and American actions, Speakes added, "We reserve the right to take additional measures as events warrant." The first question was, "Is this war?" Speakes' tight-lipped answer did not exactly defuse the query. "I can't characterize it as war," he said. When Speakes' press conference ended, Weinberger began one of his own at the Pentagon, in which he reported an encounter with a second Libyan boat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sailing in Harm's Way | 4/7/1986 | See Source »

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