Word: tightness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...finest Blakey combos-Horace Silver on piano, Hank Mobley on tenor sax, Donald Byrd on trumpet and Doug Watkins on bass. They play hard-bop tunes (two of which are by now familiar Silver compositions), while Blakey drives them on with a flavoring of calypso or a tight break to emphasize the beat. On InfraRae and Hank's Symphony, his throbbing rolls and cymbal cadences are spotlighted in brief but impeccable solos...
...discontent started soon after Britain's four-year-old monetary crisis, which has forced Wilson to undertake salvage measures that the unions claim have put an intolerable pinch on workingmen. Britain is mired in its longest period of high unemployment since World War II. Money is tight, and prices have crept upward since last November's devaluation. Britain depends heavily on imports, notably food, and the lowering of the pound's value relative to foreign currencies made imports more expensive. At the same time, to hold down the price of British goods abroad, the government, over bitter...
...Notre Dame line swarmed in on Keyes; nonchalantly, he pivoted and tossed a 17-yd. touchdown pass to Dillingham. At the final gun, Notre Dame was down 37-22, Purdue was No. 1, and Keyes had added still another 18-yd. touchdown run to his personal scorecard. Defense? In tight situations, Leroy's job was to cover Notre Dame's famed End Jim Seymour. Seymour did not get his hands on the ball once while Leroy was guarding...
Monday's rain and tight scheduling add to the Crimson's worries. With no practice Monday, and twelve players having "academic commitments" Tuesday, the squad did not get much chance for their badly needed work together. This means that the first-string line was not able to practice attacking coordination which was conspicuously lacking against...
...Amid tight security and threats of violence, George C. Wallace will bring his Presidential campaign to Boston today...