Word: stiff
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...John Carlton and I received a call from Ottowa," he confided, "begging us to come, in fact demanding that we come. Well, I had a couple of stiff exams ahead, but I yielded and we were off to Canada. The next morning we looked around and saw the whole town placarded with signs heralding the two 'American dare-devils.' That's why they were so insistent...
Significance. Though the cotton contract calls for a crop reduction of 30% to 45% below normal, it does not represent as stiff a cut as has been demanded by Southern Senators who want to boost the price of cotton. This fact, in conjunction with the smaller reduction in corn planting and no reduction at all in hog raising, indicates AAA's present belief that farm prices are not likely to flop, that those who want still higher prices are less to be feared than the loss of markets, the howls of consumers...
...three book covers and two chalices all of silver and all of excellent workmanship. The finders, with a shrewd idea of their worth, traded cross, covers and chalices to a syndicate of Arab merchants, who after a battle royal of bargaining sold them to the Kouchakji brothers for a stiff price. None is for sale. On the eve of the First Battle of the Marne the Kouchakji treasures were moved from Paris to Manhattan for safety. In April 1915, old Professor Eisen called on Dealer Kouchakji to discuss a forthcoming book on antique glass. When the learned Doctor inspected...
...greatest of any time," but offers little evidence to support his view. Kipling's merit in Maurois' eyes is that he championed an heroic conception of life from the time, as a 21-year-old newspaper man in India, he published his first works, celebrating the stiff-upper-lip theory of the Englishman's duty to the Empire. Born only eight years after the Bengal Mutiny of 1857, Kipling lived in a period when English control of India was seriously threatened. Sent to England when he was 5, returning to India at 17, he developed a glamorous...
Despite the overwhelming victory, Coach Gallagher's wrestlers met some stiff opposition. Eddie Petrenick, 118-pounder, had a hard job flooring Noodleman, while even Captain Stoddard, the 135-pound New England intercollegiate champ, found stiff opposition facing him in the person of Bartholomew. It took Bill Glendinning, heavyweight, more than nine minutes to defeat Cestoni...