Word: tougher
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...million) for the first half of 1952, but his shining news was tarnished by an unexpectedly large internal budget deficit of ?293 million. Nevertheless it was Butler's honestly stated mixture of good & bad news that got the biggest ovation at the conference. "Next year will be tougher than this year, for the party as well as for the country," he said. "I do not think this is a good year for lush promises...
...frozen feet under medical care. Both men spent a night huddled in a crevasse far up the 21,000 foot mountain, warmed only by the heat of a candle. Sack does a jarringly vivid job of describing first the fight to climb the mountain, then the even tougher struggle to survive the climb...
...five times a day for a year. He succeeded in adding a half inch to his stature, but that still wasn't enough (Naguib still stands half an inch short of the required 5 ft. 7 in.). But because of his intelligence and spirit, he was finally admitted. Tougher and more determined than his fairer-skinned colleagues-who made fun of his swarthiness-in less than nine months he raced through a 2½-year course in tactics, discipline, military law and history. He was commissioned Mulazim Tani (second lieutenant) of infantry...
...short commercial life, titanium has been tagged "the wonder metal." As strong as steel, it weighs only half as much; heavier than aluminum, it is twice as strong. It doesn't rust; it becomes tougher under high temperatures, and is more resistant to steam erosion than any other construction material. But titanium also has some major flaws: it costs $5 a Ib. in the raw state, is hard to fabricate, and production is only 1,400 tons a year...
Despite his success at breaking down the legal wall of segregation that has long surrounded higher education in Texas, Heman Sweatt, 39, the first Negro admitted to the University of Texas law school, found the study of law a much tougher proposition. Last year he flunked out. But Dean Page Keeton gave Sweatt permission to try once more. Last week, in make-up exams, Sweatt failed again...