Word: tough
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...teams finished tied, 3-3, after the singles matches, visions of the Yale match came to mind. Brown and Chang survived a tough three-setter against the Elis to give the Crimson a 5-4 victory last Friday. Yesterday their win over Dartmouth's Patrick Perry and Peter Kong, 7-6, 6-7, 6-1, gave Harvard not only the match, but ensured it sole possession of the Ivy title...
Mindful of polls showing that many Americans are more fearful of Japan's economy than of the Soviet Union's military strength, President Bush has made the FSX an example of U.S. willingness to get tough with Japan by reopening an agreement that the Reagan Administration had considered closed. For the second time since he took office, the President last week demanded that Tokyo clarify terms of the FSX deal...
...Bush Administration, in asking for safeguards in the deal, is not trying to crush Japan's aerospace ambitions or force Tokyo to buy wholly U.S.-made planes off the shelf. Rather the struggle over the FSX appears to mark the start of a new get-tough era in U.S. relations with its trading partners. Armed with the Super 301 weapon provided by Congress, the White House in coming months could bring actions against Japan if the U.S. determines that Tokyo has failed to open its markets for everything from weather satellites to financial services. Moreover, the Administration now considers...
...Hawaii, dolphins were trained for duty in the Viet Nam War. In particular, the animals learned to attack objects with barbed darts. The plan was to have dolphins help protect Cam Ranh Bay by sticking darts into enemy divers who approached. Each dart was attached to a spool of tough thread and a float. When surface patrols spotted the float, they could reel in the hooked diver...
...keep their clients in line. The Chicago Bears' Maurice Douglass testified that when he tried to get out of his contract while a senior at the University of Kentucky, Bloom threatened to have somebody break his legs. The verdict, suggested U.S. Attorney Anton Valukas, sent a different but equally tough message: "I think the message is that the federal criminal laws apply across the board to the universities, to the athletes and to the agents who do business with them...