Word: tougher
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Newman, head of the department, is an agreeable instructor and a violation of the psychology-teacher-prototype. Boring presides over the traditional baptismal course, Psychology 1, a hodgepodge of information that is getting tougher every year...
...snagged her left cheek, near the eye; the scar is still faintly noticeable. "It made my inferiority complex worse," says Betty. "The kids called me 'Bad-eye Bodie' and nicknames like that, that hurt real bad. So I acted fresh and tomboyish, as if I was tougher than anybody on the block...
Monopoly-minded Italian businessmen, said Businessman Zellerbach (Crown Zellerbach Paper Corp.), had. grown soft through lack of domestic competition, hence were too soft-shelled for competition in tougher international markets. It was largely their fault that exports to the U.S. had declined from $90 million in 1948 to $45 million in 1949. To remedy matters, suggested Zellerbach, businessmen must emphasize smaller profits on larger volume, and realize that "antimonopoly action is an integral part of the recovery program...
...Yankees may well outrun them, but no expert would care to guarantee the outcome of the 1950 race. As the Yankees' manager, wily old Casey Stengel, puts it, "We'll all be knocking our heads together this year . . . Detroit is much better. Cleveland will be a lot tougher, and so will Connie's Athletics." (The A's are out to win one more pennant for 87-year-old Connie Mack, to celebrate his 50th, and perhaps last, year as their manager...
...confused with John Wayne, an even tougher customer at this sort of thing...