Word: stiff
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...which he secures his large ("dollar") watch by a large ("baby's") safety pin. In England St. Gandhi wears a second and often a third shawl. The three cover him tentwise when he sits crosslegged, showing only his big toes, small hands and birdlike poll topped with stiff black & white hairs clipped to a length...
...teams will make a bid for the seventh consecutive Crimson double win over the Elis in as many years in the climactic races of the season starting at 3 o'clock today. Captain N. P. Hallowell '32 and his squad are favored, but the first year men will meet stiff opposition...
...Stiff Meet For Freshmen...
...motormen at the luncheon listened attentively to what M. Citroen had come to say: let there be an international cartel to limit production, eliminate too stiff world competition. Members of it would be the five biggest motormaking nations: the U. S. (80% of world production). France, England, Canada and Germany. Since many U. S. companies find in exports their margin of profit, and since the U. S. has lost ground abroad during the past two years, such a cartel might not be repugnant to big U. S. producers...
...Fish may now by frozen stiff at a temperature of -20 degrees centigrade, left in that condition for several hours, and then brought back to life as spry as ever by a little warm water," declares Dr. Nicholai Borodin, curater of fishes at the Peabody Museum. When the fish is frozen, it goes into a state which corresponds very much to that of an animal's hibernation, except that the fish at this time does not breathe at all, but is kept alive by some unknown vital force. How long the fish can be kept alive in a frozen state...