Word: stiff
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hurt, my neck hurt, I was scared stiff," he remembers. "All I could think was that they said cut, they said cut and it was over. But in real life someone could have died that way and no one would have cared...
Carswell, his feet blistered and bleeding and a hole in the sole of his "lucky" sneakers, weathered a stiff, 30 mile-per-hour wind during the race. His time of 31:18 was second among IC4A harriers and led all Ivy runners. Carswell's finish trailed only that of Gompers in Harvard history...
William Wright-Swadel, director of the Office of Career Services, which manages Harvard candidates for fellowships, says that increased grades has made competition for prized fellowships "very stiff...
John celebrates that day--February 28--each year with some stiff shots (vodka, of course) among friends. "It was my happiest day ever. I love being in America," he says. "Everything people say is true. We have more rights than anywhere else in the world, there is an abundance of everything, people smile more, they're more outgoing, the women are beautiful. The first time I walked into a supermarket, I almost died...
1960s Scoop necklines and tight bodices gave way to bouffant skirts kept in shape by underlayers of stiff petticoats...