Word: stiff
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...only a half-capacity crowd at Sanders. But those who were there exhibited their appreciation with a standing ovation, which the orchestra earned during the excellent fifth movement. The orchestra’s last performance on campus will be held during Arts First weekend, when it will also face stiff competition from other formidable musical rivals. Music director Yannatos will have to find the right pieces to attract a sizable audience worthy enough for the last concert of the HRO’s 200th year...
Unless, of course, the party chooses a nominee who seems alien to the average working stiff. On that score, Obama now has some work to do. He is seen by many downscale voters as the candidate of élites, if not élitist himself. Five days after his comments first surfaced on the internet, a Google search of Snobama was bringing up nearly 4,000 hits--which is ironic, considering that he is the only candidate in the race whose mother once collected food stamps. That's why he has rolled out the endorsements of Bruce Springsteen and the American...
...purpose; he had acted out of unadulterated malice.But the Viscountess had never been one for defeat. She was no shy violet; she would not allow that thing, that pitiful imitation of a man, to trample her again without retribution. She laced her corset with such vehemence that the stiff stays pressed into her skin like brands, and in the process she resolved to kill Frederick before breakfast.Dressed, she left the house, descended the terrace steps, and set out for the stables.* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *She paused outside the door of the gardener’s shed, her hand quivering lightly upon the latch...
...1960s French cinema, but these days Brigitte Bardot is better known as a standard-bearer of the anti-immigrant wing of France's political spectrum. Bardot went on trial Tuesday charged with "inciting racial hatred," and in view of her four previous convictions on similar charges, prosecutors sought exceptionally stiff penalties of $22,000 and a two-month suspended sentence...
...truth universally acknowledged, that an unhappily wed couple, having practically entombed themselves in a country house of little proximity to friends or family, must be in need of a good, tall, hard, stiff, drink...