Word: stiffs
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...face of such stiff opposition, many were unsure actions like Monday’s protest could have any real effect on the budget...
...What is here is professionalization. The stiff challenge of simultaneously upgrading facilities while lowering entrance fees to attract new members in a recessionary economy requires officials of stronger nerves than the blimpish club presidents of yore. Harbinger of the new wave is Andrew Mckenzie, the young chairman of the United Services Recreation Club (USRC). By day, he manages a large construction company and so brings a business brain to the clubhouse, salting his conversation with marketing speak like "strategic partnership" and "image enhancement...
Soon after it was announced in the spring of 1977, the new breakfast plan encountered stiff student resistance. Mather and Dunster House residents banded together to form the “Eggshell Alliance” to protest the elimination of their hot morning meals...
...perhaps this is not our calling, we conclude as we walk back down Dunster Street with complaints of stiff legs and cold shoulders...
Using data from two long-term studies, the researchers examined risk factors for Parkinson’s disease—a progressive neurological condition that causes tremors, stiff limbs and difficulty in movement—and found there was “no significant difference between drinkers and non-drinkers,” according to lead researcher Miguel Hernan, an assistant professor of epidemiology at HSPH...