Word: tougher
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Dulles spoke eloquently for the resolution, overcame Republican objections, won quick and unanimous committee approval. But the Senate proved a tougher hurdle. Majority Leader Robert Taft received notice from more than half of his 48 fellow Republican Senators that they would vote against the resolution unless it was "fixed up"; they wanted, at the very least, to have it made clear that they were not endorsing the Yalta or Potsdam deals. Taft, trying to compromise, threw his support behind an amendment proposed by New Jersey's Alexander Smith: "This resolution does not constitute...
...Bulldog freshmen had a tougher time of it, but nevertheless won their 103rd straight dual-met, 47 to 37, over Bill Brooks' Yardlings. A more six records were smashed here...
Handy Andy. Few airmen ever tackled a tougher job than Damon at T.W.A. But few men knew more of the aviation business from all sides. Damon has flown planes, sold them, built them, operated them. New Hampshire-born, Damon went to Harvard ('18, cum laude) to be an astronomer. But when he learned to fly as an Army pilot, the aviation bug got him. He joined Curtiss Aeroplane, became boss of a St. Louis branch in ten years, rose to president in 1935. In the late 1930s he learned about commercial air transport by joining American Airlines as vice...
...attention. Very well! He shall learn . . ." Edmond's head was shaved to the hide, a forage cap was set atop it. "Eyes . . . front!" bawled the sergeant. "Du Chaillu, keep those jaws shut . . . D'you want a bone? . . . I'll learn yer . . . I've broken in tougher bastards than...
...Crimson since then has had almost all possible misplays bounced out of it by two even tougher teams--Brown and B.C. Tonight should mark the turning point...