Word: tougher
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...while Royer promises a measure of stability for the IOP, he says he won't shy away from pushing his own programs. "My friends who work in academia have been educating me about the politics of the academy," he says. "It doesn't seem any tougher than the politics of local government. I think I can handle...
N.W.A.: STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON (Priority). Rap that's angry, scary and tougher than the hard L.A. streets it comes from. Lots of beat, lots of truth, and no pity to spare...
...promo men would say, a hard sell) even today. Musicians may cross over a lot, but radio stations seldom do. Vernon Reid, 31, who plays guitar with an ear on Hendrix and an eye on the Top Ten, recognized the problem early on. "Being black makes it tougher," he says. "It helped that we are a good band. But we had to be real good ; -- better than a white band has to be -- to convince radio and record companies to take the risk." There was a significant, and surprising, payoff. Living Colour's first album is still...
...almost to Leningrad. But with the central army group in striking distance of Moscow, Hitler delayed its advance to concentrate on capturing the industrial and agricultural resources of the Ukraine, and it was not until October that he began a new drive on the capital. And the Soviets proved tougher than expected. The Germans originally estimated Soviet strength at about 200 divisions; Moscow eventually fielded nearly 400 on the Western front -- roughly 6 million...
...next six weeks, the agency will test more than 1,000 samples to make sure they are biologically equivalent to their brand-name counterparts. In addition, the FDA, which had cut back its commercial inspections because of budget restraints, announced that it will hire more field inspectors and seek tougher punishments for unscrupulous manufacturers...