Word: stiff
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Charlie Ravenel still hops stiff-legged to the top of the Stadium to spot the game with the coaches on the phones. After the Halaby-Boyda touchdown pass, a few associates along the sidelines waved to the press box, indicating that the suggestion for the play came from upstairs...
Dake argues heatedly: "Our confiscatory tax laws are forcing people to the ragged edge of ethics. Stiff taxes have created an atmosphere in which everyone quite openly wants to skirt around the laws legally, and they don't spend too much time with the moral considerations.'' One appliance company bought a distributor company, then gave its franchise to a company set up by one of its top executives. It tacitly agreed to buy his stock back when it had risen, thanks to business from the parent company, thus enabling the executive to take his salary in capital...
...cities Thompson has encountered stiff, if subtle, resistance from the organization bosses, who fear that they may lose control of their districts if thousands of rediscovered Democrats suddenly outnumber faithful machine supporters. In New York, the reformers complain that Tammany workers will not walk up more than one flight of stairs to seek out new voters. But despite the bosses' roadblocks, Thompson's raiders have done a good job. Some 140,000 new Spanish-speaking Democrats have been registered in California through the Viva Kennedy Clubs. In Baltimore, Thompson's pilot city, 7,000 "unsuspected Democrats" have...
Soften yeast in water. Combine softened yeast in mixing bowl with cottage cheese, sugar, onion, butter, dill seed, salt, soda and egg. Add flour gradually to form a stiff dough, pausing to beat well after each addition. Cover and let rise for 50 to 60 minutes in warm place (85° to 90°) until dough is light and doubled in size. Stir down dough. Turn into well-greased 8-in. round casserole of 1½ or 2-qt. capacity. Let rise for 30 to 40 minutes in warm place until light...
...Symphony: "I never want to hear the Fifth played again by anyone else." But the London Observer's critic, after hearing Tchaikovsky's melancholy Sixth (the "Pathétique") given a robust, uplifting performance, demurred: "I cannot bring myself to believe that this symphony ends with a stiff upper...