Word: stiff
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...years of its court-studded existence the American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers has fought many a stiff fight to collect revenue for its members when their music was publicly performed. Radio even prompted the Federal Government to charge ASCAP with violation of the Anti-Trust Law (TIME, July 1, et ante). The case is still pending but odds so far have favored ASCAP, which has made no bones about controlling the bulk of the popular music on which Radio depends...
Those members of the Varsity squad who are retained will he put through stiff workouts early next week, for in Fesler's opinion the H. U. aggregation is no pushover, and he expects a "tough fight...
Inexperienced as is most of his squad, Jack Barnaby, in charge of Freshman squash, holds out hope for a successful season. The schedule has not as yet been drawn up, but indications point to as stiff a one as usual...
...truly royal train; a small royal palace traveling at a mile a minute" is the proud description of King Vittorio Emanuele's train by its stiff-necked, arrogantly bourgeois builder, Tycoon Giovanni Agnelli, Senator of the Realm and President of FIAT (Italian Automotive Works of Turin). Inconspicuous on each coach is the symbol RIC ("workable over all European railway lines"). This means three separate braking systems, two distinct electric lighting systems and alarms so ingeniously concealed and blended with the palace decor that a stranger would be quite unable to discover how to stop the palace-train...
Swinging into the winter season and a rather stiff dose of competition, the Debating Council will debate with Columbia on Thursday, at the Institute of Arts and Sciences in New York. Robert Sullivan '38 and Jay W. Kaufman '38 will speak for the Crimson forces against the Lions from Morning side Heights...