Search Details

Word: stiff (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Many members of the squad will be out for the Varsity next year, but the competition will be stiff. In spite of the Varsity's relatively poor 9-15 record this year, most of the squad members will return next year, each with one or two years of experience...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Sextet Takes League Title; Smith, Parrot Lead Team in Scoring | 3/23/1965 | See Source »

...three-meter dive, which takes place on Saturday, Mahoney has beaten every major Northeastern diver competing, though he'll face stiff competition form Southern divers and Pittsburg's Bob Hahnfeldt. Mahoney finished fourth in the Easterns last year, after leading until he fell off the board on the next-to-last dive...

Author: By John D. Gerhart, | Title: Mahoney, Hayes Favored In Eastern Swim Tourney; Bulldogs Seek Team Title | 3/11/1965 | See Source »

...urging of a balletomane uncle, he and his two elder brothers, William and Harold, formed a dance team and toured the vaudeville circuit as "the Christensen Brothers." Then came a four-year tour of duty as an infantryman in World War II, and Lew returned to find himself too stiff-muscled to dance. He turned to choreography and in 1948 took over the reins of the San Francisco Ballet from his eldest brother William, who had headed the company for a decade. In all, Lew has created some 70 original ballets, including the frolicsome Con Amore, Jest of Cards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: Dash & Control | 3/5/1965 | See Source »

...courtroom in San Remo, the slim, stiff-spined figure of Brigadier General Alberto Concaro, 74, stands at attention before the bar. It is a simple parking problem. But as the judge announces that General Concaro must park his car in his garage and stop using it as a storeroom, Concaro cries: "I protest!" The argument grows in volume; the general draws an automatic pistol. One court official drops, shot twice in the stomach and once in the leg. The court usher charges boldly, then sprawls dead with three methodically aimed bullets in him. The judge intervenes, only to slump...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Italy: A Matter of Blood | 2/19/1965 | See Source »

...Juan to find that their confirmed hotel reservation has long since gone to someone else. If they finally get into one of the overbooked establishments, they have to make dinner reservations a day in advance just to eat when they want in their own hotel. They pay stiff prices for almost everything, and the cab drivers hurt their feelings by speaking English when they try out their high school Spanish. But this is Puerto Rico, and this year the tourists, the mainlanders, statesiders, continentals, or just plain gringos are flying down as never before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Puerto Rico: Caribbean Vegas | 2/19/1965 | See Source »

Previous | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | Next