Word: tightness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...have some people who are very good in tight areas and they don't get flustered," Harvard Coach Mark Mazzoleni said. "But it's unfortunate that we weren't able to hit the nail on the head tonight...
...tight group of 40 teammates is always going to be a huge advantage...
...depth to the 149-pound class was the strong wrestling of Ackerman, who finished third. Advancing to the quarters with three solid wins of 6-1, 3-2 and 3-1, Ackerman got to the semifinals with a 3-1 defeat of Princeton's Jeff Bernd. After losing a tight 10-9 battle to Anderson, Ackerman edged out Barchetto 3-2 to secure third...
Next on tap was a tight finish in the 100-backstroke, with the top five finishers touching the wall within one second of each other. The Crimson wanted the win more, however, as McDougall and junior Angie Peluse powered ahead of the field to snake a one-two finish...
...These seemingly directionless elaborations, you realize happily at the end, are all part of a grand design. The director wraps up all the intentionally frayed loose ends and cleverly dropped clues in an impressively tight, albeit overly direct, resolution. This finely crafted mystery within the spectacle of it all proves that while almost all of the onscreen characters lose their heads, Burton keeps his screwed on tight...