Word: tightness
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...chilly fiscal discipline and then watched Bill Clinton work a nursing home. A woman started to ask Clinton about the high price of prescription drugs, then dissolved in tears, unable to finish. Clinton immediately went to the woman, dropped to his knees and hugged her; he held her tight for what seemed a long time. It was a reflexive reaction, and fairly shocking - neither of us were yet aware of Clinton's rampaging empathy - and very moving. Tim and I looked at each other, and we both had tears in our eyes. "I don't think we'll ever...
...Gasification mixes waste with small amounts of oxygen, then heats it at a high temperature - around 1,830 degrees Fahrenheit - in an air-tight chamber. The resulting syngas - a cocktail of light gases, including methane and natural gas - is burned, boiling water into steam to run a turbine. Gasification is an established technique, already used with fossil fuels, particularly coal. Applying it to rubbish opens a new and abundant fuel source. "As a waste-disposal method, it seems to make a lot of sense," says Jonathan R. Gibbins, an energy expert at London's Imperial College...
...same token, several representatives of the normally tight-lipped judiciary have recently spoken out against the government in ways that seem to flout the limits of impartiality. Neither side appears to see the real danger in Turkey's ongoing clash between political Islam and staunch secularism: that the democratic institutions the country has built up over 85 years might be irrevocably undermined. What Turkey urgently needs is to rally behind the principles of democracy, regardless of how this current saga plays out. For that to happen, both sides are going to have to learn to build a consensus together instead...
...Dudley Co-op, which celebrated its 50th birthday on Saturday with a reunion open to all its alumni, has been revised, painted over, and tweaked by its residents over the years. But since its inception as a cheaper alternative to the upperclass Houses, it has maintained a fiercely independent, tight-knit, and free-wheeling nature that has provided a valuable replacement for traditional House life for some students...
...more." As he spoke, a NATO soldier on the far side of the river raised his binoculars and leveled them on the caf?. The soldier's view would have taken in a group of ex-bridgewatchers lounging around the cafe, but also three young women in tight jeans and moonshaped dark glasses perched on stools, taking the sun. An imperturbable waiter, who has seen harder times, brought chilled glasses of freshly squeezed orange juice. Even in this reliably bitter corner of the Balkans, life may be getting sweeter...