Word: hardbitten
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...they waited for their entrance cue, the doors clicked shut. Inside, wiry, hardbitten Councilor James S. Coffey of East Boston had seized the floor. Councilor Coffey once cut short a discussion on the morals of bribe-taking by remarking: "I'll take a buck and who the hell doesn't know it? I would like to see the guy who does not take a buck." Now he had a few thoughts about the visiting Japanese. "Mr. President," he cried. "I want to make a motion to keep them out of here. Will we forget the March of Bataan...
This time John Wayne is the hardbitten U.S. Marine sergeant who runs his squad by the book. John Agar flashes his dimples petulantly as the softheaded malcontent who turns out to be manful after all. Also present or accounted for: the dumb rookie, the natural-born comedian from Joisey City, the blowhard who lets his buddies down, the Greek who calls everybody "Sport," the kid too young to die (who dies), and the squarest-jawed bit players that Republic could find...