Word: tougher
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...unspecified actions, one official suggested, would be "unfriendly." Louisiana Democrat Russell Long, who as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee was a chief target of Carter's latest venting of his frustrations over energy policy, pointed out that on balance the Senate's windfall tax proposal is tougher on the large oil companies than the House version. Said Long: "When people campaign for office, they tend to make controversial statements...
WASHINGTON GOV. DIXY LEE RAY is one tough woman. Very early on the morning of October 4--as the haze lifted over Olympia--she was tougher than usual. Standing in front of a small group of reporters, Ray announced that she had shut down the Hanford, Wash., radioactive waste dumping site. A spot check of trucks carrying sludge into the state had revealed serious violations of federal regulations on transporting hazardous materials...
...help Carter, if I could. I don't want Ted Kennedy. He's tougher than hell...
...over to Kennedy's camp after a private Democratic poll showed him easily beating Carter in Illinois. George Dunne, the Cook County party chairman, also had talks with Byrne and said that Carter would get little help from local leaders. Byrne's switch will make it much tougher for Carter in the crucial Illinois primary March 18. Said Kennedy, who had phoned Byrne several times last week: ''I'm delighted...
Students and counselors give traditional reasons for the drinking, including escape from parental supervision, a phenomenon that has always been a part of the freshman year. But there are signs that economic anxiety and tougher competition are more significant factors. "Students are very concerned about job opportunities and the economy,'' says James Corbridge, vice chancellor at the University of Colorado. "They say, 'What's going to happen to me?' '' Adds an undergraduate woman at the University of Kansas...