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Word: toughness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...told he might have had "rumpled pants" one day, for during a downpour he took off his topcoat to put it around a young woman who had none. Perhaps that was the day. And for that act of chivalry you have publicly proclaimed him a wearer of "rumpled pants"! Tough on Ted 'cause it isn't true. He's most particular about his clothes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 20, 1939 | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

...Churchill admitted that he had not always agreed with Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, although the two had "always been personal friends. But he is a man of very tough fiber," the First Lord added, "and I can tell you that he's going to fight as obstinately for victory as he did for peace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Words for War | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

...surely was a little tough on Hitler," sarcastically interrupted Toffi's lawyer. "Oh, I'm not sorry," rumbled Rothermere, "Hitler richly deserved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Mystery Woman | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

...Eastern Mediterranean for at least 1,000 years. This is made clear in Durant's history, the first written since full publication in 1936 of Sir Arthur Evans' great report on archaic Crete. The almost Parisian graces of Crete's strange society were remembered by the tough fighting tribes who displaced it, settling in Attica and on the Aegean islands. In one variety of toughness-the kind that rebels against concentration of riches and power -the Athenians were remarkable. About 600 B.C. they produced a statesman who averted bloody revolution by sage persuasion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: New History | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

...Cafego Purdue 7, Wisconsin 0 Too many guns for weak Badgers Oklahoma 13, Missouri 7 One of day's best games Colgate 14, Syracuse 10 Red Raiders vastly improved Pitt 13, Nebraska 7 "Hall to Pitt," but not too quick Fordham 13, St. Mary's 0 Rams are too tough N.Y.U. 20, Georgetown 7 Violets in November...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOOTBALL SCORES FOR TODAY'S GAMES | 11/18/1939 | See Source »

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