Word: stiff
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Field Marshal Sir Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, Viscount Allenby, stiff, soldierly hero of Palestine, reached Quebec bound for a reunion with Canadian War comrades at Toronto. Asked about another war, Lord Allenby pronounced: "The situation is like a number of small boys calling one another names across the street. One says, 'You come on over and fight in my yard.' The other says, 'You come on over and fight in mine.' The result, of course, is that nobody fights...
...popular, emphasizes slim waists, full sweeping skirts, and necklines either demurely high or wickedly low. But since it is impossible to look ecclesiastical in feathery chiffon materials, the medieval silhouet is certain to have far-reaching effects upon the fabric world. Dresses of this type must be made of stiff velvets, bulky slipper satins, heavy faille taffeta...
...This stiff edict from a 38-year-old ex-top sergeant of Marines left Hopewell feeling decidedly hopeless. Union leaders sneered "Bluff," accused the company of trying to starve its workers into submission, planned an appeal to the U. S. Labor Relations Board. But nowhere in the New Deal could they find any provision for compelling Capital, once it went on strike, to go back to work against its will...
...James Wright Brown bought Editor & Publisher. He had some stiff competition from the terse, reactionary Fourth Estate until he gathered in that tradepaper...
Still tinkering with the academic intricacies of entrance requirements last week were the old sea dogs who rule the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. Once every would-be midshipman had to jump the hurdle of stiff examinations in six subjects. A decade ago all bars were dropped for appointees with high or preparatory school diplomas. Few years later two bars were put back: examinations in English and mathematics. Last week Secretary of the Navy Claude Augustus Swanson set his seal on a new change. Beginning next autumn, appointees who have satisfactorily completed one year of study in an approved...