Word: stiffs
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...elder Bush—shaped by the Great Depression and World War II in his youth—was reluctant to take credit for the foreign policy achievements of his first term, and how Albert Gore ’69 came across during the 2000 presidential campaign as awkward, stiff and even self-defeating. Halberstam writes, “To those who had studied both Clinton and Gore, the outgoing president was clearly the more skilled politician, his loyalty always calibrated to the needs of the moment, his allegiances, like his thoughts, always inner-directed. Gore, not by any means...
Harvard, seeded first, will face stiff competition in what has been deemed one of the deepest pools in recent history. Brown, Princeton and Yale, the second, third and fourth seeds, respectively, are bringing particularly strong squads to the 16-team tournament...
...gusto, even in its highest praise. In her “Letter to Borges’’ (1996)—a wise, charitable and admirable short work—she makes clear her affection for the man’s writing, but with no locutions less stiff than “I miss you’’ and “you were our greatest living writer.’’ One wonders whether literary celebritydom and the inherent respectability of her subject matter have made her forget her responsibility to spice...
...junior explained that he will testify against them in court and, since armed robbery can carry a stiff jail sentence, he is worried about potential reprisal...
...card? Would we stop at just travel logs, or would we include past criminal records? How about party affiliation? Should we really allow newly appointed Secretary of Homeland Security Thomas J. Ridge ’67 to watch our every move? While in the past such measures have encountered stiff opposition, House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt (D-Mo.) suggested to Fox News that last week’s events changed the nature of the debate. Indeed, terror stricken civil rights activists may have reevaluated their position on national identity cards since Sept...