Word: tightness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...gentleman with the 12 -gauge double-barrel shotgun. He is right where he belongs - with his posterior perched on a bench. With those shiny, tight-fitting riding boots I'll guarantee that if he is foolhardy enough to venture "up the trail," he'll need someone to carry him home. That type of boot is made for riding and not for walking...
...Princeton v. Navy. It turned out to be one of the season's most impressive. Beaten only once in three years, equipped currently with a team whose power has sometimes been matched by a willingness to delay displaying it, Princeton scored once in each period against the tight defense that held Notre Dame to two touchdowns a fortnight ago, rolled...
Because of the steep slopes on either side of the railway line any Italian plane attempting to bomb the bridge must fly low directly overhead. Whittley arranged his guns in star-shaped formation with sights screwed tight and set for an imaginary point just above the centre of the bridge. Providing the Ethiopian soldiers remembered where the triggers were at the right moment, they were sure to pink any plane that entered the field of fire...
...spectacle of more than 100,000 Chinese soldiers evacuating an immense area without firing a shot in obedience to demands of the heads of the Japanese Army. . . . If Nanking orders the Southeast to agree to any unreasonable Japanese demands, we would refuse to obey and would stand up and tight for China's rights...
...will dispute the right of Dr. Walsh and his colleagues to join the Union. Logically, their case is air-tight. Practically, however, one cannot but feel that they are sacrificing themselves not on the altar of liberalism but on the altar of Mr. Flearst, the D. A. R., and similar organizations. Only time will tell whether it is useless martydom...