11.   It was better than having a good stiff drink.

12.   Its almost instant success persuaded casino operators that the rules had changed, that the days of stiff drinks and bland food were over.

13.   One of them told me the first thing he did was to take a stiff drink.

14.   She liked a stiff drink.

15.   She poured a stiff drink and took another pill, then climbed into bed.

16.   She ended some days with a stiff drink, she recalls, and wondered how much of her own background and feelings she should share with students.

17.   The bartender poured stiff well drinks and played great music.

18.   Then someone stuck his hand over the camera lens, Sean Penn-style, and I turned the thing off and got a stiff drink.

19.   We wear sexy clothes by cult designers and appreciate a stiff drink in an expensive glass.

20.   Els could have used a stiff drink after Friday.