Word: hard-fought
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...same old package," insisted that by the union's figuring the actual cash value of the offer was still no more than 24 ?. As for the softer approach to work-rule reform, McDonald said it only made it clearer that the companies were out to take away "our hard-fought gains...
...bubble burst in 1938, as Brown eked out a 20-13 edge in a close, hard-fought struggle. But the Crimson embarked upon another string of successes when the resumed after a year's respite in 1940. After prevailing, 14 to 0, in 1940, the varsity added 23-7, 7-0, 14-7, 28-0, 13-7, and 30-19 wins in the next six Harvard-Brown meetings...
...little quarterback was a pathetic figure. His jersey was torn, and he was smeared with mud and grass stains, the outward signs of an extremely hard-fought game. He walked off the field with his eyes down-cast and almost closed. A few friends sought to console him, but he did not seem to notice. He straightened visibly as he entered the locker room...
...Crimson coach Jack Barnaby says, "Everyone knows Yale is very good, but we're good too, and we will be ready and up for this match." Neither Barnaby nor Yale coach John Skillman was willing last night to predict the outcome. Skillman said, "It should be a very good, hard-fought match," and that is precisely what it is going...
...crucial time for him came when the fraternity was torn by a threatened schism over the question of whether belief in the Apostles' Creed should be a requirement of membership. "After a hard-fought battle, we agreed that these traditional articles of faith could not be made obligatory for the individual. Specific doubts on the part of the individual should be allowable-and even necessary. From this controversy I realized that if Christianity is a man's ultimate concern, he can still be a minister, though he may have many doubts. For doubting is part of being...