Word: stiff
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...likely to be painfully slow, not only because of the vast gulf between the Arab and Israeli positions but also because of the sheer number of participants: the U.S., Russia, Britain, France, Israel, Egypt and Jordan, plus the U.N.'s Jarring. Yet the diplomats already face a stiff penalty for delay in the fast-rising political power of the one interest group that will not be represented, the Palestinian fedayeen commandos. In any settlement, the Israelis will insist that Arab governments curb fedayeen within their own borders, something that they are increasingly unable to do. Moreover, Egypt...
...also placed in two events. Johnson spent more than an hour shuttling between the high jump, the broad jump, and the high hurdles, earning runer-up laurels in the latter two events for his efforts. Spengler was a close third in the mile with 4:17.7 and held a stiff early pace in the two-mile before fading to 9:24.6, good for fourth place...
Following a disappointing loss to Columbia on January 11, Harvard's varsity fencing team faces another stiff test against New York University at 2 p.m. today...
...Where are you going to put the stamps?" guffawed a passing postal clerk. "When do they pick it up?" gibed a construction stiff. Museum Director Jan van der Marck was undismayed. Christo's wrapping, he explains, underlines the fact that "a museum is already a wrapping of sorts. You wrap into a museum all the arts worth preserving and presenting...
...soaring cost of borrowing, which hit consumers two weeks ago when the interest rate on FHA and VA mortgages jumped from 61% to a record 71%, forced the Government itself to pay a stiff price for money. To refinance some $14 billion of federal debt, the Treasury had to offer 61% interest on 15-month notes and 61% interest on seven-year notes, the highest rates on such gilt-edged securities since...