Word: roughness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Goggled and greased, wearing Swimming: His means of expression tan-and-white bathing trunks and a white bathing cap, with K-rations strapped to his body and a compass strapped to his wrist, he jaunted down Carson's Beach, in South Boston, and plunged into the unusually rough waters of Pleasure Bay at 11:10 a.m. on an unusually raw Wednesday, boasting the intention of reaching Provincetown, 45 miles distant...
Yesterday's cancellation of the Amherst game will give the team more time to tune up for the new opener against a less dangerous Tufts team. The Little Three colleges are always rough: Wesleyan shut out the varsity, 2 to 0, in last year's opener...
...close-trimmed black mustache, a row of regular, white teeth and a brilliant, easy smile. His eyes are piercing and brown, and he talks quietly, gently, and has never been known to raise his voice or lose his temper. Beneath his apparent softness, there is a streak of rough, tough ruthlessness. Last week in his Cairo office, he talked quietly, but he let the toughness come through...
...young officers went into every department of government. An internal intelligence system was set up. The frantic, dizzying pace of affairs befuddled Prime Minister General Naguib. "I would like to rule the country like Gandhi, without official responsibility," said he worriedly. He was not long for this rough game...
...Rough on Clients. Scanlon bullies his clients and lays down the law, once told an executive: "You'll probably have to fire every foreman you've got working for you." Another time, when a company head came in with his troubles, Scanlon roared: "Why in hell did you put your brother-in-law in that job? That'll have to be changed...