Word: stiffs
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Visit a British country family one of these bright spring weekends and at teatime you are likely to see such a scene as this: on the tennis-court are the Hon. Diana and the Hon. Molly, daughters of your host Lord Wilchester, playing a stiff set of tennis with the vicar of the parish and his young curate. If there is a cathedral in the neighborhood you will probably see its dean among the guests, and drinking tea with old Lady Wilchester (who is exceedingly deaf) will be a prebendary. Lord Wilchester, who owns the vicar's living...
...price of copper was artificially shot up to 24? a pound. Since then the coppermen have paid stiff penalties for their violation of economic law. Fortnight ago copper sold at 9?, a price not seen since the depression year of 1894. Last week the demand for copper languished further, the price fell to 8¾, a level never before recorded...
Whether or not Wednesday's game turns into a battle royal, the Crimson nine will surely meet stiff opposition wins over Brown, Princeton, Dartmouth, and Penn to its credit in recent tilts. The Yale baseball team, which Harvard meets for the first time on June 16 at New Haven, spent Saturday afternoon administering a 5 to 2 beating to the Princeton team which recently lost to McGrath's compatriots by a 7 to 2 margin. The Elis did not play impressive baseball, however, making but six hits, while two of their tallies were presents from two Princeton twirlers, each...
Though Coach Farrell has warned his charges at a Varsity Club meeting that they will meet stiff opposition, the Crimson is a heavy favorite in both the University and Freshman meet. A battle for second honors looms between Northeastern, which places second with 41 points to Harvard's 110 in 1930; and M. I. T. and B. C., last year tied for third...
...Under a stiff following breeze, which whipped up the Basin and made difficult going for the heavyweight oarsmen, Cassedy stroked his crew to a two and one-half length victory over Lawrence's boat, while Armstrong's craft trailed the latter by over five lengths. The time was 10 minutes, 22 seconds. In spite of the rough water, which kicked up the oars and slapped over the bows of the three shells, the Sophomore stroke held his crew to a beat of 33 over the greater part of the course, after a smooth start had secured him the lead...