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...said that there have always been a large number of restaurants in the Square and that competition has been consistently stiff...
...imperiled. A successful bid for independence by Chechnya could encourage secessionist movements in scores of other unhappy ethnic and economic enclaves. On a broader canvas still, the worldwide trend of small ethnic groups to break away from larger sovereignties and form their own mini-nations could get either a stiff setback or a strong boost from Chechnya's fate...
Arkansas' vaunted Hogs won the NCAA basketball championship by overcoming media hype (the team made eight appearances on national television), stiff competition from rival Duke (whom they edged 76-72 in the final minute) and the support of Bill Clinton, who has a knack for getting behind a losing cause...
...Fleiss's stiff sentence has outraged even some of her jurors...
...most interesting when interacting with her social opposite and some-time-fiance, the lusty sailor Richard, played on some evenings by Douglas Miller. Richard should be pure comic relief for the audience: a nautical libertine among the prim British. Unfortunately, although Miller's voice is strong and expressive, his stiff, blocky stage presence and emotionless facial expressions make him ill-suited to this comic role...