Word: stiff
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Arthur John Arberry, Cambridge University professor of Arabic and authority on Persian, is a plump and hearty gentleman with a stiff black mustache who long ago made up his mind about one thing. "Every scholar of Persian," he once wrote, "firmly resolves, quite early in his career, that whatever other temptation he may yield to in the course of his alluring adventures, he will never be drawn into the Omar Khayyám controversy . . ." By last week, Professor Arthur Arberry, 45, had found himself not only drawn into the controversy, but practically the center...
Admittedly, the Indians from Hanover have played a fairly stiff schedule to date. After being tied, 21 to 11, by a revitalized Holy Cross in its opener, Dartmouth ran up against two very good football teams--Michigan and Pennsylvania. The loss to Michigan (27 to 6) was expected, and Penn's Red Bagnell going berserk at Franklin Field (42 to 26) was just one of those things. But when Dartmouth fell before little Lehigh, 16 to 14, last Saturday, the people began to wonder...
Simultaneously with the defensive drill the varsity sent its own offense against another jayvee contingent and then against the freshmen. This session was devoted mainly to running; Jerry Blitz and Bob Ray drove hard against some stiff resistance and Bill Healey, the recently returned tailback, ran at full tilt, although e is still behind on his assignments. Jerry Kanter, who injured his hip bone during the Army game, was still unable to scrimmage and it new appears that his ailment may be more serious than was originally believed. If Kanter is not ready to play Saturday, his offensive left guard...
...glamorous island of Bali, evil is personified by Rangda, a loathsome witch with sagging breasts and white, shaggy hair. In recent weeks, Rangda has had some stiff competition: 38 Balinese have been assassinated by roving bands of youths. As a result Bali's music-filled nights have become silent, its festive dancing curtailed...
...biggest U.S. makers of airplane engines, Pratt & Whitney and Wright Aeronautical have long been stiff competitors. Three years ago, Pratt & Whitney got the jump on Wright in the jet engine field by getting the U.S. license to produce the Rolls-Royce "Nene" jet. The Nene, and P. & W. refinements of it, now power several models of U.S. fighters and bombers. On the other hand, Wright has not yet produced a jet engine on its assembly line...