Word: tough
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...keep the peace-loving Soviet Union from unselfishly handing over its control of the Allied traffic to West Berlin to its puppet government. A six-man Soviet-East German commission met in East Berlin to arrange take-over details. "Once again the eyes of the world are upon us," tough Socialist Mayor Willy Brandt (see box) told West Berlin's Parliament. "We have no weapons, but we have a right to live, and we have strong nerves...
...moderate, gentle man with seven languages at his command, the Beirut-born patriarch is expected to try to keep his church out of politics, though the Russians may be too tough for him. Said one knowing Lebanese last week: "I bet they've started work on that old man already. And it's doubtful that he'll be able to know everything that's going on in the patriarchate. Anyway, it won't be too long before the Russians have another crack at getting their...
Down and out in Paris, grimly poking through garbage cans for rubbish to swap for food, Science Student Jean-Claude Rebours. 20, often thought with irony of the tough philanthropist whose ideas had goaded him into studying the city's clochards-its beggars and bums. It was the notion of Millionaire Jean Walter, who died two years ago at 74, that French lycées placed too much emphasis on book learning. "Our educational system fails to prepare French youth for the tasks to be faced as men," he wrote sternly. "There is not enough contact with life." Jean...
...threatened to walk out this week unless their demands are met for higher pay, better working conditions and assurance that they will not be replaced by pilot-qualified engineers on the new jetliners. Eastern's 600 engineers expect to shut the line down completely. It may be tough to do: much of Eastern's equipment is twin-engined, needs no engineer, and qualified pilots can operate as engineers on long-range, four-engined aircraft...
...Crimson squad will inaugurate the new rink at Chestnut Hill, and the purple and gold team hopes to avenge last year's defeat in the Beanpot tourney. This incentive for revenge, coupled with the desire to inaugurate the rink "properly," will make B.C. mighty tough to defeat...