Word: roughing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...what really accounts for whatever lingering esteem there may be for Jimmy Hoffa is' the image of him as a dedicated labor leader. Sure, the argument runs, Hoffa is tough, rough, and he pals with crooks; but at least it can be said for him that i) unlike Beck, he is not interested in making money for himself, and 2) unlike Beck, he is devoted to the interests of rank-and-file workers. The record, which Jimmy Hoffa says speaks for itself, explodes both of these notions as myths...
...best street fighter ever produced by Kiefer Junior High School in Springfield, Ohio, Davey Moore was rough and ready last week to defend his title against the man he had won it from last March: Hogan ("Kid") Bassey, the broad-shouldered son of a Nigerian farmer, and, by order of Queen Elizabeth, Member of the Order of the British Empire. Bassey's patriotic flair tickled Moore. "Bassey wants to win for his country," said he. "Well, that's nice. Me, I'm not fighting for any high ideals. I've got six big mouths to feed...
...shakeup. They were hardly prepared for what followed. Last week Crane announced the resignation of Norman F. Garrett, the fourth of its six vice presidents to go in three months. Five directors have resigned since Evans took over as board chairman, paring the board down to six men. Burly, rough-talking Evans, 48. has fired at least 2,000 of Crane's 18.000 employees, closed 50 of Crane's 130 branch outlets, sold eleven others...
...carriers to bombard the Japanese coast. "I had a tremendous steamroller-I could do anything I damned pleased," he said, but the Navy regarded him no more for his victories than for legends about his brilliant staff ("the Dirty Tricks Department"), his casual mess ("This is a pretty rough bunch; we don't stand on rank"), his inability to make speeches to his men that sounded more inspiring than: "I've never been so damned proud of anybody...
WHEELLESS AIR CAR will be produced by Curtiss-Wright Corp. this fall. Four-passenger car rides a foot above rough terrain or water on a cushion of air, may be first used by oil industry, military, farmers. Car is powered by two engines (300 h.p.) that operate large fans generating air cushion deflected by louvers to produce top speed of 60 m.p.h...