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Word: tightness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...polls are close. As Now. 3 approaches, L. Scott Harshbarger '64 and Acting Governor A. Paul Cellucci remain locked in a tight battle for governor. Although their positions are similar on many issues, they have come to verbal blows over the question of how to treat welfare recipients. Harshbarger calls Cellucci's stance "anti-child, anti-woman;" Cellucci accuses Harshbarger of being far too soft on welfare moms and far too liberal with state money. Since they offer very different agendas around this issue, the outcome of this election may have a direct effect on many of Massachusetts...

Author: By Jean W. Galbraith, | Title: A Second Try for Mothers in Need | 10/27/1998 | See Source »

...first six races of the competition were held on Friday. After this first day, Gill was ranked fifth. Competition was tight, with only eight points separating the top five...

Author: By Jodie L. Pearl, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sailor Gill Wins Title | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

...Atlanta, the Seminoles (7-1, 4-1 ACC) broke open a tight game with a 24-point fourth quarter to create a three way tie for the league lead...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Seminole Win Clouds Bowl Picture | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

...ship was the Endurance, a small, tight, Norwegian-built three-master that was intended to take Sir Ernest Shackleton and a small crew of seamen and scientist, 27 men in all, to the southernmost shore of Antarctica's Weddell Sea. From that point Shackleton proposed to force a passage by dogsled across the continent. The trek was intended to surpass the achievement of Shackleton's great rival, Captain Robert Falcon Scott, who had reached the South Pole early in 1912 (narrowly preceded by the Norwegian Roald Amundsen) but had died with his four companions on the march back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Frozen In Time | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

...price tag on the new lightweight satellite phones made by Kyocera and Motorola seems a bit high, globetrotters on tight budgets might consider Iridium's $500 Go Anywhere pager instead. When Iridium's 66-satellite network becomes operational--which is supposed to happen next month--the little pager will receive messages anywhere in the world. Usage fees aren't set, but could be $50 to $100 a month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Technology Oct. 26, 1998 | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

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