Word: stiff
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...time bandleader Fletcher Henderson, Armstrong looked exactly like what he was, a young man who was not to be fooled around with and might slap the taste out of your mouth if you went too far. His improvisations set the city on its head. The stiff rhythms of the time were slashed away by his combination of the percussive and the soaring. He soon returned to Chicago, perfected what he was doing and made one record after another that reordered American music, such as Potato Head Blues and I'm a Ding Dong Daddy. Needing more space for his improvised...
...Hatch was a tough and consistent presenceon the defensive end, using stiff checks andphysical play to shut down opposing attackmen.Underappreciated his entire career, one could makea strong case for Ivy League recognition, but iteluded him, just as he eluded riding attackmenwith awkward but highly effective stick-work...
...Princeton Invitational on February 28, in the home pool of arch-rival Princeton, one of the teams that would act as a measuring stick for Harvard throughout the 1998 campaign. The Crimson won one and lost two at the tournament, but all three games were played against stiff competition. Harvard managed a one-point win over Villanova, 11-10, and losses to Princeton, 7-5, and former powerhouse Slippery Rock...
...eight-hour trip, so we were feeling a little stiff and a little flat," said sophomore Katherine Hodge. "We didn't have to play our best to beat them...
...Iran-Iraq war, but that was an exceptional case. Even during the cold war, only professional smugglers suffered harsh criminal penalties. And White House officials insist the waiver did not get Loral entirely off the hook. If no criminal charges are brought, the Commerce Department could still impose stiff penalties. But since Clinton always has his eye on Gore's 2000 campaign--and Schwartz remains a go-to guy for the Democrats--nobody expects that to happen. And that little piece of Washington reality is more pungent than anything Johnny Chung and Liu Chaoying ever cooked...