Word: stiff
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Britain, in both left-wing and conservative journals, the Anglo-American plan was under stiff attack on the grounds that it had been badly handled, and hastily sprung, even though the Foreign Office insists that as long as a year ago, Marshal Tito had indicated to Anthony Eden that partition of the Trieste territory between Yugoslavia and Italy would be acceptable to him. Clement Attlee and his Labor Party forced the House of Commons into scheduling a debate on Trieste. Worried that the Laborites would lean to Tito's side,* the leader of Italy's non-Communist Socialists...
...line-charm, intelligence, beauty, ability, and a great love for her adopted people." An American sergeant who owned a red M-G exa'ctly like the one which Frederika herself drives through Athens, took to waving companionably when the two cars passed. He was crestfallen and suddenly stiff with formality when he learned that his friendly fellow motorist was the Queen. "Relax, sergeant," said Frederika amiably, "and let's get back to our old waving basis...
Ragtime, a stiff-legged couple does a droll burlesque of oldtime dance routines while a narrator delivers a mock lecture on the subject. Audiences leave the theater well entertained, if not exactly enlightened...
...Dwight Eisenhower marked his 63rd birthday this week, he was still suffering from a stiff elbow and a mild touch of flu, but generally he was in good health. At his press conference the President showed a new capability for fencing with the press. In conferences past, Eisenhower has almost always given straightforward answers to every question-even those questions he was unready to answer. Last week, the President adopted new tactics. Samples...
...Cassatt was blessed with psychological penetration as unwelcome in the Victorian age as it is prized today. In the picture opposite, the baby's burgeoning life subsides to bedtime weariness. Relaxed and perfectly possessive, the child clasps its mother's chin. The mother is peaceful too, but stiff in her tight bodice, and careful to hold her baby securely until it sleeps...