Word: tightly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Sometimes he gets too tight," Matthew Blair says. "He's best when he's relaxed before a game. He's got a real habit of yawning when he's nervous. He just yawns and yawns...
...Administration's opponents argue that aiding the contras would make it more rather than less likely that the U.S. might become further involved militarily. Even with increased aid, the hard-pressed contras cannot possibly force the Sandinistas to relinquish their tight hold on the country (see box). The more the U.S. becomes committed to the goal of changing the fundamental nature of the Sandinista regime, the more likely it is that American forces will seem necessary...
...McFarlane resigned from the White House last December and was replaced by Admiral John Poindexter. Buchanan and the new National Security Adviser became allies on most foreign policy questions. Buchanan has benefited as well from Chief of Staff Don Regan's recent willingness to loosen, at least slightly, his tight control over the White House staff. One former Reagan aide frets that Buchanan "reinforces Regan's worst instincts. Don has a tendency to be confrontational. On contra aid, I'm sure Pat has him all revved...
Botha's commitment to cutting back the tight security measures that have seriously polarized his country seemed even less assured. Before the government released more than 300 detainees still held under the emergency provisions, he said he would seek new legislation that would "enable the authorities to deal with continued incidents of unrest." The State President also set an Aug. 1 deadline to begin implementation of a United Nations independence plan for the South Africa-controlled territory of South West Africa, or Namibia. Botha made it clear, however, that the plan is still contingent on the withdrawal of Cuban troops...
...concern mounted over NASA's handling of the doomed space shuttle Challenger, the space agency's astronaut corps had stayed stoically tight- lipped. When beleaguered NASA officials trotted out four shuttle veterans for a press conference last week, the astronauts expressed concern about the agency's conduct, but not condemnation. In particular, they reserved judgment on reports that NASA had failed to heed warnings that the weather on Jan. 28 was too cold to launch, leading to Challenger's destruction and the deaths of its seven crew members. "I'm not sitting here angry," said Astronaut Vance Brand. "If there...