Word: stiffs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Nadia Thompson was a perfectly spiteful and cruel-looking Myrtha, Queen of the Wilis. Her cold gaze and severe gestures were fitting for the role. Although slightly stiff-looking at times, her jumps were strong and high and the sequence of bourresacross the stage at the beginning of the second act were executed very well. Her shriveling glance that sent Hilarion to his death, and condemned Albrecht to nearly the same fate, could not overcome the purity and gentleness of Giselle's love--the love that, in the end, overcame her own midnight curse...
...stiff competition, and has the large negative of being of a solidly Democratic state and won't be one of the party's major concerns...
...competition is stiff. Each person is going toe to toe with others who also have their schools behind them. No one can ever expect to win one of these scholarships," he said...
...tournament features many of the best women's tennis teams in the nation including Duke, Texas, Kansas and the host team. The stiff competition combined with a completely revamped Harvard roster made it a tough weekend for the Crimson squad...
...Angolans will meet stiff resistance as they follow the rebels east," Mutiso says. "The jungle that covers Congo's heart makes communication with the west nonexistent -- it's a natural obstacle to any offensive." Then there's the matter of what will happen to the rebels, ethnic Tutsi in a country dominated by Hutu, if they lose. "The rebels saw what happened to those caught in Kinshasa: They were slaughtered," says Mutiso. "Surrender would be signing their own death warrant. Their backs are to the wall but as long as they have bullets, they'll keep fighting...