Word: stiffs
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...deny that.” But Green’s party affiliation is not the only hurdle standing between him and a seat on the nine-member council. He is one of 18 candidates running in next Tuesday’s election, and, as a political newcomer, he faces stiff odds—the race includes all nine incumbents. Green acknowledges the challenge ahead but says he still expects to win. “The fact of the matter is we’re not trying to get everybody in Cambridge to vote for us,” he says...
...probability. Patrons at Shenanigans, the bar owned by legendary Packer guard Fuzzy Thurston, get misty-eyed talking about the play Favre made on Dec. 8 against the Denver Broncos: with 23 seconds in the first half and the Pack up only 6-3 on the Denver 14, Favre stiff-armed onrushing All-Pro defensive tackle Michael Dean Perry, scanned the field for a receiver, made eye contact with Antonio Freeman, then drilled the ball between two safeties for the TD that put the Broncos away. In one play, he demonstrated strength, poise, acumen and a great arm. (See pictures...
With all the high school kids running around the Square and the administration trying to shut the campus down this weekend, you’re gonna need a stiff drink to get through the Head of the Charles. 1 part Vodka 1/2 part Curacao Orange, Pineapple, and Grapefruit juice to fill
...peek into Sachs’ research group is enlightening at times and disappointingly stiff at others. Miller profiles each of the major players in the field: Kazuhiko “Kaz” Yamada, the Japanese master surgeon; David K.C. Cooper, the old-school British surgeon; and Sachs himself, a New York native who was nearly crippled by polio in the 1940s. But, save a few revealing outbursts in group meetings, Miller has trouble getting any of the players to go off-message, quoting formal-sounding statements in multi-paragraph chunks. They escape from their interviews with their press armor...
...groups, and investigated current trends in the material science of bar counters. But talking about undergraduate social life only gets you so far. Saturday night, they were visiting the patient’s sick bed, because unless you watch him suffer, how can you pick the best remedy?A STIFF DRINKOf the 10 planned stops on the embedded research tour, in the end the group got to six: Phatt Boyz, Redline, Eliot, the Crimson, the Kong, and Grafton Street. They also improvised. For instance, on the way to Eliot House the older architect heard promising sounds emanating from the Advocate...