Word: tough
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...socialist agenda is disarmingly up front (at Cabinet meetings he calls his Ministers "comrades"), his tactics street-fighter tough. When the U.S. Government, upset at Perkins' antinuclear policies, turns up the economic pressure, he thumbs his nose by going to the Soviet Union for a financial bailout. Gleefully making the announcement at a press conference, he even supplies the tabloid writers with their next morning's headline: PERKINS SAVED BY KREMLIN GOLD...
...number six, seven and eight, Andy Goldfarb, Ernie Lee and Brian O'Callahan all recorded easy straightset victories over their opponents. Chad Larsen lost a tough 11-15, 15-11, 15-18, 5-15 to close out the competition...
...Harvard men (1-1) were even more hospitable than their female counterparts. Not only did they provide Northeastern with some tough competition, they gave the Huskies a big win as well in a 74.5-70.5 decision...
...star of last year's other showstopper was Yasser Arafat. His performance in the theater of self-transformation was more drawn out, and the applause more restrained. Gorbachev's act was tough to follow in more ways than one. The idea of meaningful change is easier to accept when it comes from someone with a relatively fresh face and a reputation for boldness and candor. Decades of familiarity with Arafat's role as both Jekyll and Hyde have bred if not contempt then at least deep suspicion. The effect of Arafat's trademarks -- the kaffiyeh, the pseudo uniform, the cultivated...
...that year, Brinker realized her next budget would have to be a quarter of a million dollars. "I almost had a heart attack." The 1988 budget was a million dollars -- a figure that demanded constant fund raising. Says Brinker in her oddly tough half-whisper, "You have...