Word: stiff
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...temporarily. In the bitter 41-hour fight which ensued, both sides kept throwing in reinforcements until the Chinese had a whole division engaged. The U.S. doughfeet clawed back up the slopes and regained possession. When the fight for Little Gibraltar was all over, some 1,500 Reds were frozen stiff on the wire or sprawled in the snow. U.S. casualties were probably not light...
Thus they rode, for 16 hours more. At Gallup, N.Mex., a new ordeal awaited the Chees. Without rest or food from 10 o'clock in the morning until 4 in the afternoon, they sat on stiff-backed chairs in the sheriff's office while an autopsy was performed on the baby. Finally they were released to return to their hogans at Manuelito, 13 miles away. But three more days passed before papers arrived from "Washin-tone" (i.e., Salt Lake City) which allowed them to bury their child...
...instructor in the course is C.G.B. Garrett. British-born Garrett has been keeping what may best be described as a stiff upper lip concerning the big textbook lack in his course. "We're going ahead just as if we had the text," he says; "there's nothing else...
...vacations on the Continent: their annual foreign travel allowance will be decreased to $140 apiece. There will be fewer housing starts; government stockpiling of strategic materials will be slowed down. To counter inflation, Butler plans to reduce the amount of money in circulation-by hiking interest rates, imposing a stiff excess-profits...
...After a stiff Crimson defense--and an opportune fumble--held the Bruins on their own 33, Bob MacConnell punted to Bill Healey on the Crimson 24. John Nichols--an outstanding performer all day--threw a key block at midfield, and Healey made it to the Brown...