Word: toughness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Sometimes, the going may get tough. John Bull must hold in mind the merit of the reply courteous, a point best made by Lord Halifax, whose answer to an egg barrage in Detroit was, "How lucky you are to have eggs to throw." Cheke's concluding advice: "Above all, Mr. and Mrs. Bull should school themselves and remain masters of their tempers...
Tacho was still living by his iron creed: "Let them try anything. If they're tough enough to shove me out, then they and not I should be here...
...relentless prober, tough as a drill sergeant with philosophy students, a hollow-cheeked scholar who despised automobiles and movies (the only movie he ever saw was a documentary on the theory of relativity). But hundreds of students flocked to his classroom to join his lifelong search for truth. Where did the search lead him? This week, a year after his death, Morris Cohen gave his answer in the form of a posthumously published autobiography, A Dreamer's Journey (Beacon Press...
Angles & Iffy. But if Bingay was tough, aggressive and insensitive, he also knew Detroit, and knew the angles. At 29, he was managing editor of the News. When Hearst bought the Detroit Times and stole away News readers by printing horse-racing odds, Bing lobbied through a state law banning the publication of such odds...
...tough Boston University team will line up at full strength against a weakened Crimson squad at 7 p.m. in the Arena tonight. Although Coach Stan Priddy's charges clubbed the Terrier pups 11 to 5 last week, an increase in B.U.'s strength will mean that the freshmen may have trouble in keeping their perfect record clean...