Word: stiff
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Stiff Sentence. In San Marino, Calif., covering the city's first armed robbery since 1952, the Tribune reported: "$40 was wrongfully expropriated...
With the BC game this Saturday, Weiland is still undecided on the exact make-up of his secondary lines, due to tight competition at all positions. Another healthy sign, the competition, has produced stiff, fast practices this last week, and has given the squad an increased incentive and spirit. As one player put it Monday, "Last year we lost several games which we entered as distinct favorites. This year that won't happen...
...Russia under last year's cultural agreement. As guests of the Russian government, they get a handsome 1,500 ruble ($150) monthly allowance, twice the subsidy Russia gives its own graduate students. They work hard (law, language, economics), and live well in comfortable dormitory rooms, but a stiff weekly inspection by the dust-hunting "sanitary commission" is a reminder of where they are. They are graded on cleanliness, and their manners are supervised. The Americans have been warned never to cross their legs in public (Nekulturno...
Still, most of the non-believers are people who have never sampled the wares. The game has a tremendous fascination for anyone who likes fast action, suspense, and stiff competition. Those who have never joined the close-knit community of devoted soccer fans in the first few hours of a fall weekend have missed one of the finest moments Harvard athletics has to offer...
Spectators at the game in New Haven today, as well as those faint-hearted few who remain in Cambridge, will be treated to raw, chilly weather. The sky will be cloudy with a stiff breeze and temperatures in the upper 40's most of the afternoon, but tonight will be warmer with considerable possibility of rain...