Word: stiff
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Expecting plenty of stiff opposition, the University basketball team will meet Williams in the New Indoor Athletic Building tonight at 8 o'clock. The "David" of New England college basketball teams is coming to Cambridge tonight for the first time in several years...
Captain Record, who will defend his crown in the 70-yard hurdle race, will have stiff competition from a brilliant field including MacDonald of Holy Cross, Laughlin of Bowdoin, and Healey of N. Y. U. The great Crimson timber-topper, however, is almost unbeatable at his best and is concentrating on his specialty alone, thereby remaining the favorite...
...Gastonburg, Ala. one R. J. Goode owned a herd of goats. If one of Mr. Goode's goats was suddenly confronted by a stranger its legs would freeze stiff, it would topple, lie still on the ground. Once Mr. Goode walked up to the herd, clapped his hands. The entire herd toppled. Neighbors for miles around discussed Mr. Goode's goats, who were so timid that they fainted at the slightest excuse...
...pomp & splendor imitative of the ancient rituals of Westminster. Unlike George V, who uses a coach & eight, the Governor General rode to the Houses of Parliament in an automobile. As the clock in Ottawa's Peace Tower struck three, Princess Louise Dragoons escorted him into the Parliamentary Driveway, stiff lines of foot soldiers snapped to salute, a band played "God Save the King." Out stepped Lord Bessborough, Lady Bessborough on his arm. As he entered the hall, he was royally saluted with 19 guns...
...hold a smoker at the Harvard Club in Boston, at which the Wendell and Wingate Trophies will be awarded. Informal lacrosse practice, under the direction of Coach Madison Sayles '27, will begin tomorrow afternoon in the Briggs Cage. On Wednesday the University foilsmen will start their season in a stiff tournament for places on the American Olympic team at Technology. Boxing will start its second season at Harvard with a fixture against the University of Toronto on Saturday...