Word: stiffs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sole specific example of prejudice comes from Sir John Gielgud as a biased Cambridge don who rather tiresomely and foolishly repeats that young Abrahams represents "a different God and a different mountain." As Cross plays the stereotypical Jew, so Gielgud plays the stereotypical Cambridge/Oxford master: stiff collar, talk of good sportsmanship, supercilious expression, after-dinner liqueur. His upper-crust old-schoolishness lacks a human spark; consequently the character appears a flat cardboard mockup of the real thing...
These rough and tumble practices suit a team that, Cheng says, is "high in enthusiasm but low on experience. We are a young team, and we have some problems with team cohesion--moving together and setting up plays--when we meet up with really stiff competition, but its nothing that can't be improved through practice, experience, and enthusiasm...
...mixed economy for Britain. Said Williams: "The economic issues agreed upon by Labor denied the existence of inflation, their trade policies denied the existence of Europe and their defense policies denied the existence of the Soviet Union." On the other hand, she termed Thatcher's government "disastrous and stiff-necked. We do not need either an all-providing state or a don't-give-a-damn state," she concluded. "We need an enabling state that will help men and women help themselves...
...some cases, of management posts in outside companies--makes the specter of divided loyalties and energies on the parts of professors increasingly likely. The Faculty Council is to be commended for acting last week to dissuade professors from succumbing to the temptation of lucrative work elsewhere. The stiff new codes governing outside work recently approved by the council leave no doubt that a professor's overriding commitment should be to the University. In requiring professors to disclose all "potentially serious" conflicts to a new committee, the council will doubtless inspire many professors to report their outside involvements and seek...
...fact, stiff competition has provided the booters' only real set-back, in an important Ivy outing in New York City against a strong Columbia squad. At times in that match, the Lions simply played above their heads...