Word: tougher
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1970
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...bomb, for example, lacks specificity; its meaning is as scattered as its debris. Some people may interpret such an act as a signal to pay more attention to the protester and his cause; many more are likely to read into it a need to make life a lot tougher for the protester. Violence is, essentially, a confession of ultimate inarticulateness...
...Lesson. A National Front defeat would hardly do Colombia any good. Lleras Restrepo has done much to cure the financially sick country during his four years as President. He strengthened the peso through tougher tax collection, a drive on inflation and a strong grip on military spending. He also pushed agrarian reform and a birth control pro gram, notwithstanding the Vatican's opposition. Unfortunately, none of this meant much to the peasants, to whom the diminutive (5 ft. 2 in.) Lleras Restrepo appears as a somewhat abrasive and distant technocrat. "The lesson," he said, visibly shocked at the closeness...
Along with other automakers, G.M. is also running into tougher problems with its labor force, including a distinct possibility of a U.A.W. strike against the company this fall. Chairman Roche complained in a February speech that absenteeism has doubled in the past decade to 5%, and work stoppages cost 13.3 million man-hours last year...
...generation, as we look arcund us, obviously haven't assembled the wisdom necessary to do what must be done," Muskie said. "But we will try to write tougher laws. That is our intent. We will try to take advantage of public opinion," he added...
Offshore Las Vegas. Leaner times are ahead for some of Britain's gambling establishments. A year ago, the industry was placed under the jurisdiction of a 5-member national gaming board, which has moved steadily toward tougher enforcement of the law. Last week, in its first annual report, the board acknowledged a widespread feeling that "Britain was becoming Europe's offshore Las Vegas" and declared that Nevada-style gaming "would be unlikely to be tolerated." Its own policy, the board added, will be to enforce the law "with the utmost vigor and determination...