Word: tough
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...kind of frustrating," Clark said. "We had some tough first-round matches. But we got our collective spirits together and played much better in the next round. I felt like I definitely didn't play as well as I could have...
...first round, Clark dropped a tough decision to Yale's Berkley Bellknap. The loss placed Clark in the feed-in consolation round against Smith's Ashley Mears. Clark destroyed Mears in straight games. The sophomore then recorded her second straight shutout, blanking Middlebury's Vicky Hoyt. But in the semifinals, Clark was eliminated from the tournament by Princeton's Jenny Roos...
...rock n' roll terms, the worst offender of this genre is U2. Enough is enough with this Irish intensity that Bono and the boys want us to believe imbues their Celtic Christian Consciousness. I don't doubt that life is tough in Ireland, but U2 music is produced for maximum movingness effect that is achieved through lots of driving thumping beats, plenty of references to a hopeless, endless search (for sincerity, it seems), and ripping guitar riffs interspersed at the right moments. One is tempted to suggest that Bono lighten up and smile for a change of scenery. If Bono...
...Bills' ground-hugging offense has been anchored since 1986 by Jim Kelly, a rugged quarterback who thrives on bad weather and tough downs. First drafted by the Bills in 1983, Kelly signed with the U.S.F.L.'s Houston Gamblers. He has become an effective field general who oversees the hard-charging attacks of running backs Thurman Thomas and Robb Riddick. The style is just what Levy, a quiet, scholarly helmsman who holds an M.A. in history from Harvard, wants for the Bills. "We're not going to try dazzling people by filling the air with footballs," he says. "Statistics show that...
...barrage of negative publicity during the past two years, starting when the Boesky case broke in 1986, has been tough on Milken's family. "The Michael Milken portrayed in the press is not the man I know and live with," said his wife Lori. Milken and Lori, who was his high school sweetheart, live quietly with their three children (Greg, 15, Lance, 12, Bari, 7) in Encino. Their five-bedroom house, which might sell for $3 million, was once occupied by Clark Gable and Carole Lombard. It is a suburban idyll trimmed by red and white Impatiens, finished inside with...