Word: stiffs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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With a practice session at the new cage this afternoon at 4.30 o'clock, the lacrosse squad opens a long and stiff season. There will be an official meeting at the Varsity Club at 7.30 tonight, which all men interested are invited to attend...
These words are nothing but a stiff, stilted and ungracious way of saying "in English" what Sir Esme had warmly and frankly said "in American." The Foreign Secretary actually confirmed the Ambassador's assertion that "a further effort will be made," but he did it so ungraciously that he seemed to repudiate him. Naturally the British opposition Press headlined "Sir Esme Repudiated!" and the Labor Daily Herald seized the chance to moan...
...will be 50 years old. She is almost that age. Ten years ago they married, after previous marriages and divorces. She is a levelheaded, practical woman who finds her philosophizing husband no nuisance. Said she of him some time ago: "Professor Einstein is not eccentric. He wears stiff collars when the occasion demands it without protest. He hardly ever mislays things. At least, not more than most men. He knows when it's time for lunch and dinner...
...Knights of Columbus games at the Garden last Saturday night, the Crimson captain gave Lermond a stiff battle, matching strides with the Olympic man throughout the last quarter of the mile race. Only a spurt by Lermond on the last lap which gave him an eight yard lead, was all that defeated the University runner. Last Saturday Reid was in the midst of a stiff midyear examination schedule, and as a result was not quite up to his usual form...
...retire with the record of having graced three administrations. There are eight other cabinet positions. At least eight men were last week recommended for each of them. Mr. Hoover enjoyed listening to the fine things that were said about all of them. Mr. Hoover was neither stiff nor irregular. Even small-eyed Senator Watson, who loudly denounced Mr. Hoover before the nomination, was invited to appear. The people who saw him were glad to talk discreetly to the press-it was invaluable publicity. When Mr. Hoover arrived in Florida, the prevailing opinion as to the rest of the Cabinet...