History, tradition, provenance: all these are celebrated where once they were considered stiff, square, fogeyish.
What would be considered stiff tests for the Jets under normal conditions — girding for the Patriots' sturdy defense and fast-paced offense, and game-planning on a short week — are amplified when they are connected.
There was initial normal motor development, but gait was later considered "stiff," and at 24 months he was diagnosed with a spastic diplegia.
That has the Los Angeles City Council considering stiff penalties for drivers found guilty of racial discrimination.
Nevertheless, extended unemployment benefits for the long-term jobless lapsed at the beginning of June because Republicans in the Senate, joined by Nebraska Democrat Ben Nelson, insisted that the $33 billion cost of reauthorizing the benefits not be added to the deficit (though some deficit hawks actually don't consider stiffing the jobless a smart way to reduce the deficit to begin with).
This, plus the fact that deficit hawks outside of Congress don't consider stiffing the jobless a smart way to reduce the deficit, and Republican side arguments that extended benefits make people lazy, have made it easy for Democrats to point to an ulterior motive.
From there she embarked on a mental and emotional experiment of "resculpting" the space between her body and a stranger's, transforming what she considered a stiff and restricted space into a malleable, inviting distance by resting her head on that person's shoulder.
The New Yorker, March 5, 1932 P. 13 Personality of the new fire chief, John McElligott who passed the Civil Service Exam which was considered the stiffest quizz in years with 87.08.
By Charles Cooke and Richard Lockridge The New Yorker, March 5, 1932 P. 13 Personality of the new fire chief, John McElligott who passed the Civil Service Exam which was considered the stiffest quizz in years with 87.08.
He is widely considered the stiffest and weakest of the Bond actors, but still, this picture, directed by Peter Hunt, is one of my favorites: action-packed as it is, it's also the most heartfelt -- and the only one in which Bond takes a wife (the knockout Diana Rigg).
The following three mechanisms at the failure of top- and seat-angle connections are assumed: Two plastic hinges are assumed to develop in the top angle's vertical leg, and tension bolts are considered as stiffer members than top angle (as for Kishi Chen's model).
