Word: tightness
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...part of an overall health-reform package; on Capitol Hill, lawmakers are sparring over its pros and cons. Democrats--who favor a public option--can't agree on a plan among themselves, while across the aisle, Republicans are warning of creeping socialism and health-care "rationing." Hold on tight: this battle is just beginning...
...power and influence in Xinjiang, and there haven't been any protests there since the early '90s, which makes this very, very unusual," said Gladney. Bequelin of Human Rights Watch concurred, noting that not only is the Uighur population small, but also that the city was already under very tight control by the security forces, meaning that "such a shockingly high death toll must have meant a complete breakdown of law and order...
...style today is, "Bet, bet, bet." You can't bluff against that; you have to sit back and play smart poker and let these guys bury themselves. For me, this means not playing as many pots but playing them aggressively when I do come in. I call it being "tight-aggressive...
...School Dean Elena Kagan, who stepped down after being confirmed as U.S. Solicitor General, Jackson took an unusually active role in shaping the Law School during his brief three month deanship. Kagan departed in March without making any budgetary announcements to the Law School community, and due to the tight budget approval timeline, the decision fell to Jackson to move forward with involuntary workforce cuts...
...hard times after the 1929 crash--getting by thanks only to the generosity of a wealthy sister-in-law and his employer, Yale--and so did the myth of the rational market. For a few decades, financial markets were seen as unruly beasts that had to be tamed with tight regulation to help protect the hard-earned savings of regular Americans. But memories of the 1930s eventually faded, and in the 1950s, the idea that markets knew best began its comeback. This was part ideological reaction to the antimarket conventions of the day, part scientific progress. It was the combination...