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Word: tightness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...show's uptempo pace continued with TMBG's nod to Beach Blanket Bingo surf music, "Twisting." The pogo-ing continued well into the next song, "Till My Head Falls Off." The stage coordination was extremely tight between the two Johns and their three auxiliary musicians--all named Dan. Is this fact an insignificant piece of minutiae? Not quite...

Author: By Annie K. Zaleski, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Giants Gig: Rockin' With the Glockenspiel | 10/23/1998 | See Source »

...Impatience" is neck and neck with the blue and red "Mid-Life Crisis." The motorcycles--mostly garishly-colored Japanese makes interspersed with the occasional squat, old Harley--are faster than most of the cars, occasionally breaking the 10-second barrier, and their starts are more impressive, the drivers in tight leather racing suits rising up and leaning far out over the handlebars like sprinters before...

Author: By Rebecca U. Weiner, | Title: Drag Night | 10/22/1998 | See Source »

Rose hires local teenagers to harvest the apples. He knows their names and hobbies, running a tight shop...

Author: By Barbara E. Martinez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Falling for Apples | 10/21/1998 | See Source »

WASHINGTON: See Microsoft try to spin itself out of a tight corner! Watch the software giant's No. 1 foe, Netscape supremo Jim Barksdale, detail with relish what he'd like to see the government do with Redmond! These and other gaudy attractions were on display at the Capitol's most popular courthouse Tuesday, as the antitrust trial of the future entered its second heart-stopping day. After the Justice Department pulled a courtroom coup with a withering display of what appeared to be perjurious statements from Bill Gates, Microsoft's lawyers had to backpedal hard in their own opening...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Microsoft Returns Fire | 10/20/1998 | See Source »

...talk of as many as 100, then 50 became the watermark, but in the end it was just 31. Only a few did so because they thought the Democratic alternative wasn't tough enough. The rest are either retiring and thus free to vote their conscience, or in a tight election fight and want to disarm their G.O.P. opponent. "By voting for this, I'll have more credibility to criticize Republicans if they continue to behave in a partisan fashion," said Ellen Tauscher, a savvy freshman from suburban San Francisco. "It doesn't appear to me now that these offenses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Down In History | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

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