Word: stiff
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...acting too, was generally fine--considerably above the usual summer theatre level--so that none of the following criticism is very grave. Jeanne Jerrems as Isabelle was pretty, suitably unsure of herself in the rich surroundings, but just a slight bit stiff; Louis Edmonds, as the twin brothers, was good as the calculating Hugo but could probably have made the sheepish Frederic more of a contrast; Dee Victor grated well as Isabelle's unbearably oafish mother; Olive Dunbar overplayed Capulet, the servant with romatic ideas, a little too much; Stanley Jay as the crumbling butler, Laurinda Barrett as the vampish...
Work for the Summer News is much more relaxed than for the winter CRIMSON. There are no stiff competitions, and young ladies are on at least an equal footing with...
...British marched out of India in 1948 with colors flying, pipes skirling, and every upper lip as stiff as Kitchener's the day the dervishes whirled and charged him at Omdurman. But all the pomp and bluster of yesterday were missing last week when the last British soldiers pulled out of another great outpost of Empire. Five days before the deadline set by the Anglo-Egyptian agreement, Brigadier John H. S. Lacey handed over the keys of his Suez Canal headquarters to Lieut. Colonel Abdullah Azouni of the Egyptian army and quietly led the last 91 of Britain...
...private brand of semaphore. They need screens, sound proofing, and cryptanalysts. They have shifty eyes, but not enough of them. They should also be more suspicious--indeed, they should all wear steel-rimmed spectacles and sinister expressions. They should have long necks, which can turn quickly, but still remain stiff...
...varsity grabbed a lead of about two seats early in the race, increased it to half a length with about a half mile to go, and won going away. A stiff tail wind pushed the two crews up the stream...