Word: stiff
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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With the reduction of the squad earlier this week, from 90 to 44 players the coaches got down to business and sent the men through a stiff workout in spite of the drizzle which threatened to keep the team indoors. The morning session was held in the cage with special emphasis placed on blocking. In fact, the bulk of the day was given over to this essential and Coaches Walsh, Fesler and Lane worked all afternoon on the blocking problem. The motto this year is, "Nobody on the squad who can't block" and the players are certainly getting...
...Foreign Service do not compare in difficulty with those for Britain's famed Civil Service (in which the candidate may be required to discuss anything from the causes of British hostility to Russia, 1815-1878, to the proposition, "The ballad is not literature"), but they are stiff enough to baffle most bright young Phi Beta Kappas. Cautious candidates commune with Mr. Roudybush for four months before attempting them. Confident candidates take the examinations first, often commune with Mr. Roudybush afterward for a second try. Each year 75 to 100 aspiring diplomats pay $225 apiece for the privilege. His school...
...Henry Prince's Weetamoe; in light winds, off Newport. After the race, the New York Yacht Club's selection committee announced that Weetamoe had been eliminated as a possible defender, waited to see what Yankee, winner of most of the trials, could do against Rainbow in a stiff breeze before making a final selection...
...teacher hands her pupils stiff cards covered with numbered squares. She gives them a "choose-the-correct-answer" test in which they are to check the proper numbers. The test over, the teacher runs the cards through what looks like an adding machine. The cards emerge with a red mark in every proper square. Krexit enables teacher and pupils to see mistakes at a glance...
Tweeds have come off the golf course into the drawing room, are now correct for tea. Reason: the informal shirt waist has been supplanted by blouses of stiff velvet, chenille, soft duvetyn...