Word: stiffs
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Women's Head Coach Kathy Delaney Smith isn't quite as overcome but still anticipates stiff competition for a spot on a squad that finished 3-22 last year...
...slugging." Mondale indeed tried to show the fire that earned him the name Fighting Fritz during the primaries. He stripped off his jacket, pulled down his tie and pounded on the lectern. Yet even when giving impassioned speeches in his shirtsleeves, he still appeared, particularly on television, to be stiff, mechanical and uninspiring. Despite his strong social conscience and heartfelt political convictions, Mondale often seems incapable of conveying an aura of zeal or inspiring passion...
...nationalist ceremonies. On a gray and drizzly afternoon, the opening festivities at the 103,000-seat capacity Lenin Stadium were as much a political display as an athletic one. To the rousing tunes of a huge military band, 8,000 Soviet athletes marched around the oval with the same stiff-legged gait as Soviet troops. There were no marchers from any of the other 29 countries participating in Moscow. A burst of color was provided by hundreds of brightly costumed folk dancers who fluttered across the field. After an exhibition of well-drilled gymnastics came the finale: 2,000 doves...
Cardoen, which exports around $70 million worth of arms a year, won out as Iraq's cluster-bomb supplier against stiff competition from U.S., British and French companies...
...world's poshest resorts, to build an access path to the beach for the public. The hotel, however, has reduced the flow of ordinary tourists by charging high parking fees. Such indirect attempts to limit beach-going crowds are common. Resort towns often impose parking restrictions and stiff bridge and beach tolls for nonresidents. But these too are being attacked. In Florida this month, Governor Bob Graham authorized local officials in St. Augustine to press a lawsuit challenging beach tolls...