Word: tougher
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...France's recent sale of 108 hot Mirage jets to Libya is unlikely to change the equation soon. Egypt, with 33.5 million people, is unable to train enough pilots to fly 350 Soviet aircraft; Libya, which has a more backward population of 1,800,000, will have a tougher time learning to handle its latest Paris models...
...Martie Chalfie and a great diver in Bill Murphy, but the sophomore stars were back, and there was a talented group from last year's freshman team to strengthen the lineup. It appeared at first that the team might finish behind Yale in the EISL. But the league was tougher this winter and the Crimson faltered in the crucial meets in February to end up in fourth place again with the same record...
...stage of Safeguard had squeezed through the Senate by a one-vote majority, making the program an accomplished fact, future opposition would diminish. That assumption is not holding up so well. Though the Pentagon wants to go ahead at a slower pace than originally envisioned, it faces an even tougher problem than last year in penetrating senatorial opposition. Safeguard's critics may well succeed in freezing it at its present level...
...most powerful engines have compression ratios so high that they cannot be adapted to lower-octane gasoline, and all but its three smaller engines could no longer be used. If the switch to lead-free gasoline is made, Chrysler will not be the biggest loser. Times might well be tougher for the Ethyl Corp., the largest producer of lead additives. Last week its stock sank to a low of 15, down from its 1968 high...
...FUCK IT!" cried Carol, as her Cricket lighter jammed at Lehman Hall last week. It's a tough world, and Carol is finding it tougher all the time. I offered her a match, but she put her filtered Gauloise away, saying, "The hell with it. I've got to give up smoking anyway...