Word: stiff
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Stiff Eyeballs. Johnny's arms and legs were frozen solid. Her abdomen was stiff, her jaw locked tight. "Even her eyeballs," says Dr. Laufman, "were crystal hard. They were like two glass beads." Her temperature could not be taken at once, because regular clinical thermometers do not go low enough. After an hour and a half, a laboratory thermometer was found and used rectally. Her temperature then was 64.4° F.-far below the point generally considered fatal...
...stiff fight against lowering the draft age to 18 years and extending the length of service appeared certain in both the Senate and House of Representatives...
...Netherlands: Spending 24% for defense. Under arms: 80,000 men, no division organization. Available to NATO: nothing now, 3 divisions promised. Equipment: inadequate. Morale: fair; stiff opposition to military spending at expense of welfare, but a few days after Eisenhower's visit, government almost doubled its defense budget...
...succession until two years ago when the eighth earl was killed in an air crash. The ninth earl is 67 and childless, and Toby (if legitimate) is his lawful heir. This week, as their lawyers droned on, Toby and Tom came to court almost identically dressed in bowler hats, stiff collars, maroon ties. Each denied any animosity toward the other; it was just a family matter that the law should clarify...
Since their last game, in which they defeated the Boston University freshmen, the Yardlings have scrimmaged almost daily, but have not met any outside opposition. The Northeastern freshmen have been back in competition for some time now, and should provide stiff opposition...