Word: stiffener
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...tempted to tell everything, "just as it happened." The streaming flaming narrative does lend flesh, bone, and color as the press blurb promises; it also jumbles events into a sequence as confusing as living it the first time through. The fine-honed skeleton of the Cox Report may stiffen in its structured divisions and categories, creak in its outline, but it does throw critical events into prominence and leave others in the gloom where they belong...
These were the issues SDS raised in its protest against ROTC. Harvard's established groups--HUC, HPC, SFAC, and the CEP--attempted to anticipate and re-direct the ROTC discussion along apolitical lines. Their resolutions spoke of the sanctity of the ivory tower and the need to stiffen up ROTC's academic face. They succeeded in defusing the discussion of ROTC in official channels. The eventual Faculty debate centered on the academic qualifications of the Training Corps and the nature of the University, not ROTC's role in sustaining U.S. imperialism...
...Touch Me. The first signs of hyperkinetic behavior, says Martin, may appear in the first weeks of life: "Even tiny infants with the disorder are constantly active and irritable, and have difficulty sleeping at night. They seem to stiffen and resent motherly coddling and loving. Their attitude appears to be 'Love me but don't touch me.' "These babies usually walk earlier than others. As they grow, they have excellent coordination and easily learn good balance on skates and bikes. They want playmates, but treat them so badly that they are soon shunned by the other kids...
...Cong's Liberation Radio warned Saigon residents to abandon the capital or prepare for a 100-round-per-day rocket barrage that would last for 100 days. If the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong are able to carry out their threat, the attacks might very well serve to stiffen both U.S. and South Vietnamese determination to resist. And that would be precisely the opposite of what Hanoi has set out to achieve...
...role of the U.S. in Viet Nam, Abe Abrams' appointment represents a rare mating of man and mission. As Westmoreland's deputy commander, Abrams has spent the past ten months working with ARVN (the Army of the Republic of Viet Nam) to shape up its structure, stiffen its spine and improve its performance. In their extremely violent Jet offensive, the Communists unwittingly showed that Abrams has had some success: to the surprise of many Americans and the consternation of the Communists, ARVN bore the brunt of the early fighting with bravery and elan, performing better than almost anyone...