Word: hard-fought
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...economy in Russia than in most Western nations-have clearly collapsed the Communists' hopes of overtaking the U.S. in the foreseeable future. This is a galling personal defeat for both Khrushchev and his heir apparent, Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev, a Ukrainian who has been his protege during the long, hard-fought battle to raise Russian living standards. Since 1960, burly, bushy-browed Brezhnev, 57, has been Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet and Russia's titular head of state...
...HAVEN, Nov. 22-In a well-played and hard-fought contest here today, Kirkland House, Harvard intramural soccer champion, defeated its Yale counterpart, Pierson College...
...Liberal victory in the province of Quebec, however, is a 35 year-old Liberal back-bencher by the name of Yvon Dupuis. His oratory is accompanied by much Gallic arm-flailing and fist-clenching. The party hopes he will provide the difference between victory and defeat in a hard-fought battle with the Socred party in Quebec...
...Dennis Ralston: the national indoor tennis championship, by beating Britain's Mike Sanfjster, 22, in four hard-fought sets with his smoking ground shots and slicing service at Manhattan's Seventh Regiment Armory. Though Ralston, 20, is considered one of the best U.S. tennis prospects in years, his incendiary temper has often been his undoing; his racket slamming and blue language in a 1961 Davis Cup match against Mexico earned him a four-month suspension. This time, he slipped only twice, bellowing out "Concentrate!" and "You idiot!" at himself when he fluffed a couple of easy shots...
Penn started the second half with a hard-fought scoring burst, and within two minutes had shut out the Crimson and led it up, 39-39. The Quaker's Dave Robinson, who proved to be Penn's sparkplug for the game, led the early drive with his inside shooting and rugged rebounding. He was aided by the steady outside scoring from forward Ray Carazo...