Word: stiffer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...against the anti-foreign land and oil laws of Mexico. The test consisted in a "leak" from the State Department to the effect that a very stiff note had been sent to the Calles government. When the note had been perused at Mexico City and had been declared no stiffer than usual by Foreign Secretary Saenz, the President had already received the benefit pf all that the newspapers could say on the subject of possible intervention.
...Dedham team composed of Phillip Saltonstall, number one, W. Cameron Forbes, number two, J. Dudley Clark, number three, and Jaspar Bacon who was replaced in the last two chukkers by B. Nathan Hamlin at back, are all experienced players and gave their younger rivals a stiffer fight than was expected. Until the final three periods the score zigzagged back and forth with first one team and then the other taking the lead. Towards the close of the game, however, the veterans tired and the Crimson mallet men forged far ahead, counting their final goal just as the game ended...
...Facing stiffer opposition, Brown meets Colby in the second game to be played in the Andrews Field Stadium. Last year the Bruins ran up 45 points against the visitors, but this year Colby is said to be the leading team in Maine...
...however, it is the student who is important, college executives must flood some way to free themselves from the thralldom to their faculties, by insisting that new appointments, and promotions as well shall depend primarily upon ability to impart knowledge and interest to young people. This and not stiffer entrance requirements, is the way to increase the number of graduates who will throughout their lives do credit to their Alma Mater...
Although Princeton scored more points in the second half than in the first the Tigers did not have such a large average gain in rushes, which seems to point out that the University was putting up a stiffer defense. However, in this regard the figures cannot be taken literally. They only show that Princeton had less difficulty in scoring this half and did not have to march up and down the field several times before realizing their desires as in the first half. Princeton rushed the ball 37 times for gains of 123 yards and leases of 21, making first...