Word: stiffs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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George Ehret had kindly little eyes and a wedge-shaped bald head, spreading out at the neck. His stiff collars, always too big for him, were immense, low and broad; he tucked the ends of his black bow tie up under the flaps of his collar. His figure was square, his legs a little bowed...
...gentlemen few westerners have looked upon. The deposed Empress of the Manchus looks out under a headdress of cultured, decadent and nameless flowers. Prince Pu, with European hair, has the clear intelligent gaze of a Pekinese. There is Hsuan Tung, a petal-faced youth, the deposed Emperor; others, in stiff silk, noblemen, princes, knights. Mrs. Jacobs, a clever and sophisticated painter, does her work well, suggesting an exotic atmosphere with diminishing ovals, soft colors. She did not always charge her patrons for her work. Said she: "My reluctance profited me shamefully. Soft-footed coolies would come to the door with...
...Crimson goes into the match deadlocked with the B. A. A. for the lead in the series. The latter team will face a stiff test this afternoon when it meets the Cambridge Squash Racquets Club, made up of recent Harvard graduates. The Cambridge team has already played and won two of its matches. If the University team wins all its matches this afternoon, it will have a decided advantage over the B. A. A. teams, which it will meet next week...
...second cut in the University basketball squad was announced last night by Coach Edward Wachter. With the score who remain, the Crimson coach expects to give M. I. T. a stiff battle in she next scheduled game on Saturday...
...become members of the league should send their application to M. A. Cheek at A 13 Persis Smith Hall before the eighth of January. The name and telephone number of the team manager may be included with the application. If enough teams enter the league and competition is stiff. Cheek believes there is a possibility that a cup will go to the winning team...