Word: stiff
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Guildenstern, A. Woody Hill is a credible companion to Gunn, although his performance lacks Gunn's force. But he seems a bit stiff and calculated at first, and stumbles occasionally, though some of that is intrinsic in the part...
With its slums abutting the sea, its raffish hoodlums and its Day-Glo deco decor, Miami is the city to which all Jonathan Demme films aspire. Married to the Mob ended up there, long after Baldwin had played his memorable cameo as a Mafia stiff. Funny thing is that Demme only produced Miami Blues; his colleague from the Roger Corman B-movie Borstal of the '70s, George Armitage, is the writer-director. Funnier still, Armitage has one-upped his old pal. Whereas Demme's movies punctuate flaky comedy with explosions of violence, Miami Blues blends the two moods...
Murphy also called for stiff tax hikes to help close the state's rapidly increasing budget deficit, which currently stands at nearly $800 million. Members of the middle class have borne the brunt of the worsened economic conditions and "have a right to feel resentful," she said...
...trade talks between the two nations in Washington last week. In some cases the medicine prescribed was far too bitter to swallow. If Japanese negotiators had their way, for instance, American consumers would curb their use of credit cards, lose the deduction on home mortgages and pay a stiff new gasoline tax. For its part, the U.S. wanted Tokyo to make it easier for large department stores to set up shop in Japanese cities, to boost public spending, to crack down on Japanese price-fixing and bid-rigging practices, and to shorten the workweek of Japanese employees to five days...
...move to appoint a police commissioner will undoubtedly face stiff resistence from Independent Councillor William H. Walsh, who says he will move to strike the post from the city budget...