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.

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Of course, my soul, me, I, have a very tight connection to a particular body.

当然,我的灵魂,我自己,我本人,与某个特定的肉体有着紧密的联系

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Add to that all the usual ingredients of a USGA-prepared course - tight fairways, thick rough and small, quick greens - and you have the ultimate test in professional golf.

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After racing on a tight, 2.36-mile street course, IndyCar's next race is on an oval at Texas Motor Speedway.

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With just one week to go in the 1992 general election, Labour was on course to win power in a tight race.

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