Word: tougher
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...more desperate straits than either of them was. For one thing, its low ratings are compounded by poor demographics: its audience is not just smaller but also older. What's more, cable and other viewing choices have siphoned away much of the network audience and made it tougher for a weak network to revive itself. If one drops too far behind, there may be no bouncing back...
...always been tougher on himself than anyone else," his mother said, "but he finally felt like he was picking up as many points as he should be. This is just so frustrating for him. He's concerned. He know he has to be thinking about what could happen down the line...
...think they could have played better, but they played well," Harvard Coach Steve Piltch said. "Anytime you're on the road, it's a little bit tougher...
...number-one seeded Mark Baker found it tougher playing a first team All-American, such as the Big Red's Paul Gardner, he sure didn't show it. Described after the match by his coach as "one of the better intercollegiate players," Baker confidently struck out his talented opponent in three games. And brothers Jon and Jim Masland, playing at four and six seeds, were literally on the ball, exhausting their opponents with their persistence...
Cutler's boss is trying to get the message out that hard times are on the way. Lee Iacocca, who visited Washington last week to lobby Congress for a tougher, more focused U.S. trade and industrial policy toward Japan, said in a recent interview with the trade publication Automotive News, "They don't know there is a war on. They don't have the foggiest idea. Am I saying the worst is yet to come? I don't think we've bottomed out yet. That is what I am saying." No one in Detroit would contest his argument. The outcome...