Word: stiff
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...without question the biggest reason for the football band's dilemma is the new type of student entering Harvard. "We don't attract as many wonks," Marmor asserts, "because there aren't as many wonks in the College." The stiff competition for admission has, as the Bender report warned, led increasingly to a student body of studiers, who have little inclination to abandon the library for football drills. Ned Alpers, the new band manager, warns that it is "useless" to continue "whining for the old band," because the kind of people who composed it are no longer around. Alper feels...
...surprisingly strong Tech squad topped Harvard last season 16-11, enroute to a 7-1 mark for the year. M.I.T. has five lettermen returning, so the match should prove a stiff test for the much-improved Crimson...
...what it may be worth, I favor a stiff, demanding community activity for any undergraduate, or anybody else, man or woman, for that matter. It's a prime basis for social organization in a large and difficult community, a way for a man to find, test, and strengthen himself, to become an effective member of society, to make some close friends. The CRIMSON is good for this. So--I am obliged to say--are the varsity sports, Glee Club, Band, WHRB, any strong dramatic group, any busy committee, or scores of other groups. The point is to get moving with...
...Communists have a lot to lose by obeying the law. Under the stiff terms of the 1950 Act, the party must list the names and addresses of all officers, members and contributors, label all its propaganda as Communist in origin. Party members cannot hold passports, union offices, or jobs with the Government or defense plants. Relying largely on the argument that such penalties amount to an illegal restriction of free speech and the right of assembly, U.S. Communist leaders fought the law all the way to the Supreme Court. In June, by a 5-4 decision, the court ordered...
...million or more, the state's taxpayers will not have to dig down for extra cash: the law merely unfreezes money that was originally set aside for new roads, and that became available for shelter use when Congress failed to provide sufficient matching funds. The legislation includes stiff penalties aimed at contractors who sell below-par shelter protection ($5,000 fines for corporations, six-month jail sentences or $500 fines for individuals...