Word: tighter
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...liable to start you on a laughing jag. Just get in the spirit of the thing. It's blessed with a villain who commands his plantation slaves by shooting a gun over their heads, a blushing damsel, a Frenchman with mustachios and a hero who extricates himself from spots tighter than his 1890 pants. The farce is flavored with one ridiculous situation after another, though it must be admitted that by the end of the second act the punch has waned and only some commendable acting keeps the seats bouncing...
...government and the people of this country are opposed to another expeditionary force, and Britain does not seem to require one and has not asked for one. It is more probable that units of the American fleet and air force will be used to aid in a tighter blockade of the continent...
...lumber and pulp men were not losing much sleep last week. Already oversold, they figured on remaining oversold as long as Scandinavian exports are cut off. Also unruffled were coppermen. Their exports to Japan last year were $27,567,000, 15% of output; but the copper market is even tighter than the lumber market, doling out new supplies to defense-favored customers only. Another key Japanese supplier is the machine-tool industry, which has made sales of about $20,000,000 a year to Japan ever since German industry became too preoccupied with its own rearmament to supply such exports...
...midtown Chicago 'legger of the Capone era - muscled on one hand by the North Side mob and on the other by the South Siders - was ever in a tighter spot than blue-jowled Benito Mussolini found himself in last week...
...game since then, with Belmont Hill last week, showed more than ever the need for improved fielding and a tighter defense. This will probably improve with warmer weather...