Word: tightness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...week before the election, ol' Fritz is in a tussle with bounding Bob, who wants to close up that pork barrel so tight that he votes against projects that benefit his own district. "He resents the government," says Hollings. "Ask him what has he done in Washington in the past six years but whine and complain and holler pork...
...there's a similarity between an American painter of sublime, theatrical Western scenery like Albert Bierstadt and an Australian one like the more modest Eugene von Guerard, it isn't accidental. Both received the same training at the Dusseldorf Academy and acquired skill at the tight, glossy, detailed rendering of grandiose scenes. Von Guerard joined the gold rush to Australia in 1852 but failed as a prospector, and made a career for 30 years painting two kinds of scenery: portraits of the settled acres of the well-to-do pastoralists; and views of more exotic wildness, from the bizarrely sculpted...
...prostitution while insisting that he did not favor the idea. Even if Ventura doesn't win, he may help decide who does. Until last week brand-name Humphrey seemed to be coasting to victory with a comfortable double-digit lead over Coleman. Not anymore. Now the race is so tight that whoever loses will no doubt insist the Body was to blame...
Most encouragingly, he was able to distribute the ball among all his receivers, including two touchdowns to previously underutilized junior tight end Chris Eitzmann...
Which is not to say the heat completely affected Juliana's playing ability. A searing version of "My Sister," and two songs from 1995's Only Everything, "Fleur de Lys" (sung entirely in French!) and a spirited "Live On Tomorrow" were tight, focused rockers. Similarly, the new song "Down On Me" was as angry and biting as "My Darling" was mellow and delicate...