Word: stiffen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Pennsylvania Democrat Joe Clark, a Rules member who has long advocated Senate reform, did not agree, and he even offered a package of amendments to stiffen the recommendation. Among other things. Clark wanted Senate wives to disclose their earnings. That proposal was defeated 62 to 25. The same fate befell an amendment offered by Delaware Republican John J. Williams, the man who kicked off the Baker investigation last October. Williams wanted Senators' income tax returns included in the disclosure plan. Aghast, his colleagues knocked that idea down...
During the 13 months of his exile, Tshombe kept in close touch with his tough Katanga cops, paying those in Angola regularly and the boys in the bush when he could. It was well that he did, for he needs them now to stiffen the spine of the demoralized Congolese national army, which has been totally unable to quell Communist-encouraged tribal revolts in the eastern Congo. All it really takes to win a town is a long-distance telephone call. Usually when a rebel leader rings up his next target, the Congolese army contingent on hand flees before...
...plans of his own for demonstrations on the fairgrounds, suspended Brunson's chapter from the national organization. The Queens district attorney got a court injunction against the stall-in. President Johnson and key members of the U.S. Senate warned that demonstrations of that kind would serve only to stiffen opposition to civil rights progress...
...main delta. They give almost no lift at low speed, but as speed picks up, their lift increases greatly and supports the nose. Much of the high-speed lift comes from narrow fairings that run along both sides of the long, slim fuselage and also serve to stiffen it. Aviation Week says that the space between the engine nacelles is mostly filled with a thick, winglike structure to store fuel...
...Advisory Committee summed up the situation: "The real story is people rising up to preserve a little green space against the depredation of the automobile. Some state agencies are under so much pressure to develop highways that they find it difficult to remember the parks. We hope this will stiffen them into resisting the automobile, and preserving the amenities...