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"This will only stiffen our resolve to ensure that we make Washington DC safe and beautiful," the Pentagon chief said.

Her roles in the 1950s diminished in plausibility, and Crawford’s acting stiffened into rigid self-presentation.

After the Trojans defense stiffened, the offense went back on a roll, using another leaping grab by Lemon — this one for 35 yards — to set up a 12-yard TD pass between three defenders to Lemon.

In people with Alzheimer's, Aβ accumulates and causes arteries to stiffen, slowing the flow of fluids between brain tissue and cerebrospinal fluid.

"They keep me fit and keep me moving, stop me stiffening up - I'm very determined, I won't give up," she says.