Word: stiffs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...entirely comprehensible, whose pretensions are more pathetic than laughable. Equipped with the abilities of a reporter as well as those of a biographer, Author Hibben has been able to preserve the plush and walnut of the period in which Preacher Beecher flourished; to make his people move about stiff and surprising but none the less actual, like the preposterous people of an antique tintype, brought suddenly to life. The Author. A graduate of Princeton in 1903,* Paxton Hibben has served in the Army, the diplomatic corps, has received a Russian decoration and written two other books-one about Greece...
...scrub defense was stiff the University forward line was impregnable and it was only when A. O. Fordyce '28, scrub end, intercepted a pass that Coach Knox's men were able to make any considerable gain. The first University score came with team B on the field. With the ball in his own territory G. C. Holbrook '30 kicked short and the pigskin went to the second at mid-field. S. C. Burns '30 then intercepted a pass and covered the 50 yards necessary for a touchdown. G. E. Donaghy '29 put the ball between the uprights with a placement...
...were assembled, representatives of the nations accredited to Mexico crowded the Diplomatic Gallery, attired in gorgeous uniforms of many hues, their breasts sparkling with orders and decorations. Remarked was their contrast with the sombrely dressed legislators, who appeared before their Chief Executive clad in simple evening clothes and uncomfortable stiff white shirts...
...money took a series of stiff jolts on the chin, and when it was finally counted out there was nothing left. Broke, Britton returned to New York, obtained a boxing license, trained...
...dark house, rambling across the top of a windy hill in Cleveland Park, Washington, D. C., was once the home of Grover Cleveland. Here he repaired in hot weather. The rooms, swept by a fresh continual draft, were filled with the rustle of stiff conversation and stiffer silks; the approaches were guarded, then as now, by large iron dogs. Now Red Top is filled with the rhythmic music of carpenters' hammers; Red Top is being torn down to make room for a modern house, one not infested with reminders of stuffy and strenuous gaiety, hushed talk Coxey...