Word: stiffest
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...undefeated freshmen face their stiffest competition of the season. This winter the yardlings stole a half-point victory from Princeton in the last event. "It could be argued that this makes the law unconstitutional," he said...
Died. Fritz Schaffer, 78, German economist and Konrad Adenauer's Fi nance Minister from 1949 to 1957, an ascetic Bavarian who saddled West Germany with the stiffest taxes in Europe, fiercely resisted what he considered nonessential government spending, and was largely responsible for the deutsche mark's becoming one of the world's hardest currencies; of a heart attack; in Berchtesgaden, Germany...
...reserved for formal occasions: anti-imperialist operas, speeches by visiting Albanian dignitaries and the annual rubber-stamp session of the Chinese Parliament. As 10,000 Red Guards stared up at a triple-tiered ceiling studded with stars, Premier Chou En-lai appeared onstage. What ensued last week was the stiffest rebuke that the Guards have received to date-and an indication that China's Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution is in danger of choking on its own absurdities...
Last year the Quakers, despite an abismal overall record, gave Dartmouth its stiffest challenge of the season before bowing, 24-19. This year, behind the passing of Bill Creeden and the running of Cabot Knowlton, Penn has the number two offense in the League statistically. Dartmouth's quick defensive line should be able to contain Knowlton; its secondary, however, may have trouble with Creeden's passing, especially if safety-man Wynn Mabry misses the game because of an injury last week against Cornell...
Leverett won the Harvard title with a perfect record of eight wins and no losses. Stiles may present the stiffest challenge of the year for the Bunnies...