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...were warned not to walk down the center aisle of the reading room so as not to draw excessive attention. Many members of the Class of '54 seemed to pin their hopes on meeting and marrying a Harvard man, although The Crimson reported, in September 1951, Radcliffe women faced stiff competition from their more "genteel counterparts" at Wellesley. Back in '51 The Radcliffe Quarterly could quote a professor's remark without much hesitation: "The Radcliffe girl carries feminism and femininity in almost equal balance. It's enough to upset anybody." Of course the professor was male. Only one woman...
When speaking before large audiences Clark often appears stiff and uneasy. He is at his best with small groups...
Washington wants an agreement that will limit Chinese textile exports to the United States to protect the U.S. garment and textile industry from stiff Chinese competition and preserve American jobs...
...Kennedy's zeal for an activist Big Government, which has long been his mark, has gradually become more selective. His stiff antitrust legislation, his endless hearings against increasing conglomerate mergers, have put him on the side of opening the way for smaller companies to compete against the biggest corporations...
...first things that students learn is to keep the pelvis straight, as the French do. The French also hold their shoulders square but show greater flexibility with the lower arms, hands and wrists. Americans are stiff-wristed, tend to wiggle and bounce more than Mediterranean peoples. There is also a difference between Old and New Worlds in arm swinging: Americans do it as if they owned the world; Frenchmen walk with their upper arms close to the body, as if moving through very limited space...