Word: tightly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...grandfather, Dale Burr was going broke. He found himself, at age 63, more than half a million dollars in debt on the 560 acres in Lone Tree, Iowa, that constituted his livelihood, home and heritage. While visiting his brother-in-law Keith Forbes late last month, the ordinarily tight-lipped farmer and his wife Emily, 64, bemoaned their financial troubles for four hours. "We haven't even got money for groceries," Emily confided. Said Forbes: "It hurt Dale not to be able to pay his debts. He said the Hills Bank was after him to sell his livestock and machinery...
...compared with a peak of $1.42 in March 1981, could fall about 2 1/2 cents for every $1 decline in crude prices. The response of heating-fuel prices to an oil-price drop depends partly on the weather. A particularly cold winter would keep supplies tight and prices up, while a warm one would likely cause a decline...
...There has to be a tight relationship between the skipper and crew because of the psychological nature of he sport," said Kurland...
...most exhibitions of clothing. All is ravishment: a child's coat made of silver fabric embroidered with gold thread; a woman's costume of veil, tunic and pajamas that plays with sunset shades of gold and violet. Fashion and society are the prevailing standards that squeeze museum costume shows tight, but "Costumes of Royal India" celebrates an ongoing tradition--of craft, of coloration, of symbolic dress and functional wear. Diana Vreeland, who in her years as a fashion doyen coined a neat line about Indian dress ("Pink is the navy blue of India"), started to organize this show more than...
Beyond the strategic disadvantages, both opposition candidates face the prospect of dishonest elections. It is hardly a secret that Marcos has tight control of the electoral apparatus. The Marcos-dominated Commission on Elections (COMELEC) supervises the polls. Moreover, each step of the vote- tabulating process, from the precincts to urban and provincial centers, and finally to the National Assembly, is dominated by government employees and K.B.L. members...