Word: tightness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...course, few of these institutions are bold enough to declare us not "good enough." Instead, they fill out mailboxes and answering machines with roundabout rejections: "Competition was especially tight" some tell us (wait, didn't you use that line last year?) or "We encourage you to reapply next year" (Thanks, but no thanks, sir or madam...
...Polinsky noted in his letter ("A Final Word on Baseball," Apr. 7), that Jackie Robinson played all of his 151 games in 1947 at first base. This is actually not the case. Robinson suffered a very tight left shoulder in the All-Star Game and missed the first three games following the aforementioned game. So in fact, he only spent 148 games at first base. I know a lot about baseball. BORIS KHENTOV '00 April...
...screwball and curveball were working, [and] I may have had a little more pop on the ball," said Cupp, who did not yield an extra base hit. "It was nice to have a warm day to play, since you don't get tight in between innings...
...relentless curiosity about the natural sciences (but no taste for fiction or the fine arts). He would quote Spinoza as if throwing rocks at a rival. Verbal battle, not dialogue, was his habitual mode of communication. Rather than a philosopher, he was a walking exclamation mark, a tight, craggy man with a halo of silvery hair and a jawbone that projected awesome willpower and a volcanic temper...
...diverse selection of leather jackets covers a wider price range. For the next "Leather and Lace" or "Boogie Nights" theme party, one can find cheap (around $30 to 40) vinyl-looking jackets to pair with tight rayon shirts. Bomber jackets and motorcycle styles hover in the middle price range, selling for approximately $100. `Black and Blues' rescues the more fashion-conscious client with two chic coats from Kenneth Cole's 'Reaction' line, $255 and $275 respectively. But leather isn't just for jackets anymore--a wild leopard-print zipfront leather dress hanging behind the cash register is quick to catch...