Word: toughed
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...weak unions, flimsy safety nets and cutthroat competition from overseas. "The people who used to scrimp by are just not making it today," laments Jodie Goodwin, who heads a group of Houston social-action church coalitions. "Families that never were at risk before are having to make basic, tough - decisions about which bill to pay: utilities, groceries or rent...
European diplomats were delighted to find that grim Grom's avuncular-looking successor was pleasant, modest and easy to deal with, even on tough questions. Shevardnadze described himself as a pragmatist: "The Soviet Union is firmly in favor of a solid and honest dialogue," he said. "We are interested in results...
Overdue Bill Tough-talking William Bennett spent nearly two years fighting narcotics from a Cabinet-level bully pulpit. But Bennett left his drug-war ) post so meekly and with such meager results that some wondered if the general had gone AWOL. Bennett then backed off from his acceptance of a job as head of the Republican National Committee, throwing the party into even greater disarray...
Desert Warrior Colin Powell, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, became America's most saluted soldier as he guided the swift deployment of 280,000 U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia. His tough-guy image and smooth deskside manner have pundits speculating that Powell would be the perfect running mate for Bush...
That's not a tough question. The Godfather Part III, is a gangster picture, after all, and Michael is the antihero with whom the series lives and dies. The true perplexer is whether filmgoers will care to see, or care about, an aging entrepreneur haunted by specters from films nearly two decades old. Because this is a movie about loss, Pacino must relinquish the steely calm of his youthful Michael; now he is Lear without the grandeur. Nor can G3 find suave new twists and characters to propel the plot and lure the teens. Garcia, an electric actor, swaggers...