Yet he at least sounded more convinced than his two main rivals, Nick Clegg, leader of the Liberal Democrats, and Ed Miliband, leader of the Labour Party, both of whom have also uttered stiff words on immigration this month.
"Wreckless" and "irresponsible" were just some of the stiff words they used at the time.
"If the movie's a stiff, and word gets out too early that it's a stiff, it's devastating to the business model," Garland said.
The word "stiff" in a Ted Hughes poem is said to echo both "fistful" and "splintered".
If Bruce needs a stiff drink, a word of advice or consolation, his old boss will provide it.
He felt, in Fitzgerald's words, "stiff and awkward among these white flannelled, bareheaded youths" and he envied "the savoir-faire with which they strolled".
Martin is very stiff and contained; words and feelings seem to fight their way out of him.
Question is, has Olowokandi's metamorphosis from "robotic stiff," in the words of Walton, to "showing his competitive fire" (Walton again) ensured his swift departure from the Clippers?
It is likely that patients with ankylosing spondylitis interpreted the words "joints stiff" in item 5 as spine stiffness.
Putin's parting words were stiff: "Goodbye, Boris Abramovich", he said, using the formal patronymic.
I could feel the cold, stiff resistance to his words among the passengers, but not a single one of us turned to look at him.
