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...Crimson goal posts for two points after Prouse of the New Zealanders had scored a try. At no point, however, were the New Zealand players able to match the Crimson team, which was on the offensive throughout the game, despite the fact that Harvard was playing against its stiffest and most experienced opposition to date...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD WINS IN RUGBY, 17-5 | 5/9/1944 | See Source »

...willing to work, but only on his own unambitious terms. Sent to a coal company by N.S.S., he showed up some days at 10 a.m., some at 1 p.m., some not at all. Said he: "I just couldn't get up." In Hamilton, Ont., he got the stiffest sentence yet given an N.S.S. violator: a restful six months in jail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada at War: No Kidding | 3/6/1944 | See Source »

...Makings of Delay. Yet the Germans last week put up the stiffest opposition of the campaign. They were able to do so for several reasons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BATTLE OF SICILY: A Matter of Days | 8/9/1943 | See Source »

Before this trio of legal eagles in Manhattan, the Government brought its dreaded anti-trust suit against A. P. There were no witnesses. It was a motion for summary judgment. For five hours and 15 minutes, the three judges listened patiently to the year's stiffest legal arguing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: A. P. in Court | 7/19/1943 | See Source »

...Stiffest grinds for most of the men were the 100-yard dash, made with a barrackmate hanging on like an Old Man of the Sea, and the step test, which called for raising leaden feet in G. I. shoes a distance of 20 inches in a 1-2-3-4 rhythm for five minutes without rest...

Author: By Pfc. FRANK K. kelly, | Title: Specialist's Corner | 7/1/1943 | See Source »

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