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Word: tightness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...only a temporary thing," a spokesman for Buildings and Grounds said, adding that "we should get another shipment in by Christmas. Until then we'll all just have to sit tight...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: McCall in a Day's Work | 9/30/1977 | See Source »

...Crimson booters played tight-passing soccer in the first half, but Wesleyan initiated the scoring as Oren Schlieman poked a dribbling shot past Herold during a scramble in front...

Author: By Peter Mcloughlin, | Title: Crimson Boots Wesleyan, 5-2 | 9/29/1977 | See Source »

...device that made this remarkable picture possible is more than a king-size copy of the familiar Polaroid camera. Occupying an otherwise empty room at the museum, the camera is in effect a room within a room, a light-tight box 3.6 meters (12 ft.) wide, 3.6 meters high and 4.8 meters (16 ft.) deep. In addition to a large conventional lens, it contains a Rube Goldbergian arrangement of pulleys, ropes and rollers. While conventional Polaroid cameras are operated from the outside, the three technicians who work Land's invention position themselves inside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Getting the Big Picture | 9/26/1977 | See Source »

...fourth Ivy winner, Columbia (0-1, 1-1), played a tight game against Lafayette in yet another downpour, before icing its 21-10 victory with Gerry Fitzpatrick's 54-yard touchdown run with two minutes remaining...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Bruins and Elis Continue Winning Ways | 9/26/1977 | See Source »

...comes to Haldeman's defense is Herb Klein, communications director for 5½ years in the Nixon White House, who eventually quit as the Watergate investigations were growing. Says he: "The overcentered power of Haldeman is inaccurate. He's a tough guy who ran a tight ship, but he wasn't a Nazi dictator." The fictional Klein character, Bob Bailey (Barry Nelson), is mislabeled as the White House press secretary and quickly fired by Vaughn/Haldeman. Says the real Klein: "If anyone was going to fire me, it would have been the press, not Haldeman. I was never...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Scandal as Entertainment | 9/19/1977 | See Source »

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