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...Crimson, despite the close decision, played very well against a stiff opening opponent. The Jumbos fielded a solid, well-rounded team and in the first half gave every indication of having the upper hand. In the second half, however, the varsity seemed to regroup...
Luckily, Colin Gordon seems less serious about his role as her crisp BBC-announcer finance; with a formidably stiff upper lip, a brandished umbrella, and a violent nasal accent he successfully spoofs exactly the roles he usually plays. Terry-Thomas, as a genial philanderer, briefly does much the same thing...
Cecil kept a stiff upper bill. Then he began to lose weight. Normally he tipped the scale at 3.4 or 3.8 Ibs., but he dropped to 2.3 Ibs., and his appetite for crayfish, worms, coddled eggs and frogs declined. Whether Cecil was lonely for Penelope nobody could tell, for most platypuses are somewhat phlegmatic anyway (exception: saucy Penelope, who perhaps left Cecil for that very reason). Last week Cecil died. Zoo officials performed an autopsy, concluded that old age had killed him. Sentimental newspapers (including the august New York Times) said that Cecil's heart was broken...
...future ages. Standout shows within the show were a collection of pale and wan but faultless abstractions by Britain's Ben Nicholson, the weightless, rainbow fantasies of France's Marc Chagall, and 30 dim-dusty canvases by Italy's Giorgio Morandi. Nicholson and Chagall were considered stiff contenders for the 300,000-cruzeiro ($3,780) grand prize. After the usual frenzied politicking, the 17 international jurymen settled on Italy's Morandi...
After nine years of encouraged hatred, the military junta that has replaced Rojas cannot suddenly reverse the anti-Protestant policy without stirring up stiff opposition that could cripple their aim to return Colombia to civilian control. But the junta has allowed the largest Protestant church in the country, the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel in Barrancabermeja, to open its doors again to its 1,500 worshipers. And the government has promised a new visa policy to selected Protestant missionaries, who have had difficulty entering Colombia for more than a year...