Word: stiffs
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Assistant Secretary Roosevelt worked harder than ever to make a good name for himself. He bought up all the supplies he could lay his hands on, borrowed binoculars from the country (and had them returned), helped build the submarine chasing "mosquito fleet," sponsored the North Sea mine barrage over stiff official opposition...
Alarmed when her message appeared in the Press, Mrs. Stotesbury's lawyers helped her issue a stiff & stilted statement: "I had no idea her [Mrs. Fortescue's] attorneys would make my message public. They evidently believed this publicity would be of some benefit to her. ... If so, I am content to endure the personal notoriety aroused. . . . Unfortunately the Press, without any authority from me, has assumed that I believed Mrs. Fortescue herself killed the Hawaiian Kahahawai to avenge her daughter...
...militarism, his patriotism, once testified at a murder trial that he thought political murder was justifiable homicide if committed in the interest of the Fatherland. In 1928 he changed parties, was elected to the Reichstag by the Nazis, re-elected in 1930. At 63, he is tall, stiff, soldierly, with piercing eyes and a fine scowl that to Nazis contrasts favorably with the octogenarian benignity of President Paul...
...hockey team was at its best in downing a stiff opposition from the University of Toronto, and Coach Stubbs has every reason to feel confidence in every part of his team. His charges are slated to play the Polish Olympic contenders a week from tonight, and are hoping for a victory in their second introduction into Olympic circles. The all-Polish six will repair direct to Boston for this fixture on landing in New York...
...University mermen will meet their first stiff opposition next Tuesday, January 19 when they swim against Brown in the Harvard pool...