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...herself, for instance, periodically goes on what palace aides call a "walkabout," strolling among crowds of her subjects, chatting casually with whomever she bumps into. She has become considerably sophisticated in the years since her coronation when, as one court observer puts it, she appeared to be a "terribly stiff, cardboard figure." On a visit to Stirling University in Scotland a few weeks ago, the Queen kept her cool even though she was jeered and jostled by a mob of angry students. "Did you know that I had to miss school because you're here today?" one of them...
Yale also displayed a stiff defense, as the Elis, aided by a three touchdown performance by halfback Dick Jauron blasted Princeton, 31-7, in New Haven. The 95th meeting of the two teams was decided in the first two quarters as Yale amassed 200 yards in total offense while holding the Tigers to just...
Afterwards, there was Isaiah and his winged eagles, a "God bless you," and McGovern was gone. Shriver had been watching ruefully in Maryland. He would be running his hand through his hair everytime the camera switched to him. His upper lip was stiff. I could not help but have a sense of him "going through all this for the family," the Kennedy family. I was passed at Ted Kennedy; if he had joined McGovern they would have won. Now there was only NIXON. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES...
...Servant of Two Masters. Although the Publick Theatre is free this stiff commedin dell'arte production exacts its price...
Nixon won New Hampshire's four electoral votes handily, and Democratic Senator Thomas Mclntyre turned back a stiff challenge by the GOP's Wesley Powel. Three Men--Democrat Roger Crowley, Republican Meldrim Thomson and independent Malcolm McLane--were locked in a tight race for the governorship...