We run a tight rope daily, balancing a pile of books on the head.

VOA: special.2009.06.28

Mr.Brown is facing a tight election. The Conservative Party, led by David Cameron, has topped the latest opinion polls.

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

Two reasons for this: Even in a tight economy, green industries are offering good jobs to graduates.

VOA: standard.2010.04.22

There seems to have been somewhat of a tight lid on negotiations between RIM and the governments of Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

But knowing what percentage this is of the total amount leaking from the well will not be possible until a tight seal is on the well.

VOA: standard.2010.06.14

President Medvedev says Russia will devote considerable resources to develop and purchase new weapons, despite a tight national budget affected by the declining price of Russian oil exports.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

The Institute for Peace study argues that by keeping a tight rein on their people while supporting U.S.security interests in their regions, nations such as Yemen,Egypt, Jordan and Pakistan fan anti-American sentiments.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

The president made a recent campaign swing to New Jersey where the state's incumbent Democratic governor, John Corzine,is locked in a tight race with Republican candidate Chris Christie and independent contender Chris Dagget.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

but the fact is they are intelligent, ambitious,motivated and to be just a pawn in the story of a whole bunch of men fighting it out,rolling around and getting down-and-dirty, while there you are just a vision in a tight cat-suit is just a boring thing."

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

Security was tight and a large group of bodyguards escorted the Venezuelan President, who said,"I have Italy in my heart."

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

Failure to maintain tight control of glucose levels - by measuring blood sugar with a meter and compensating with doses of insulin - can result in serious health complications, including blindness, kidney failure and heart disease.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

So that's a very tight timeline," Presidents Obama and Medvedev have instructed their arms negotiators to provide a progress report by July when the American leader is expected to visit Moscow for a summit meeting.

VOA: standard.2009.04.08

Secretary Gates says he believes Iran wants to develop nuclear weapons and that the international community must keep it on "tight enough deadlines and specific enough requirements" to determine whether its government is seriously interested in taking a different course.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06