Word: stiff
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...bars remain open until the early hours of the morning when the drunkest of the crowd stumble back to their hotel rooms or to someone else's. But take precautions. Obnoxious drinkers may find themselves recovering in one of the island's detention centers, which are know for exacting stiff fines on inebriated minors...
...make matters worse, Popiel banged his knee while checking a Northeastern forward during Monday night's second period. Team doctors examined the senior's knee during intermission and allowed him to play in the game's final period, but Popiel said the knee was slightly swollen and very stiff when he woke up yesterday morning...
Competition for the federal funds is stiff, astronomers said...
...hope that either country will settle its political differences soon enough to allow a swift rescue of the people in peril. Ethiopia has recently claimed victories against the Tigre rebels, which may soften Mengistu just enough to permit some relief operations, at least for a time. But in Sudan, stiff rebel resistance threatens only to convince Bashir that his best course is to continue to block the already difficult lines of transport into the south -- and let starvation and disease do the rest...
...small cast responds superbly. Zelman's earnest, whole-heartedness never falters. He, in stiff-legged seaman awkwardness, is always believable, always endearing. He straightforwardly delivers lines like, "We could not be closer to the sea without drowning in it," unaware of their humor. His coastal Irish accent is well done, and his movements and expressions never betray that he is anyone other than a plain fisherman who loves the sea as much as he loves Timothea...