Word: tougher
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...guards' sports field came Father Christmas himself, riding on a farm cart in the hot afternoon sun. As he stepped down from his cart to hand out the presents, screaming children grabbed his arms, hugged his legs, reached for his beard. "Man," said Father Christmas, "this is tougher than breaking rocks"-and he had reason to know...
...cannot win." As for Angela, now a spinster of 40, she could not care less. "He didn't appeal to me when he was younger," she said, "and he appeals to me even less now." When told that Francesco had named her his heir, Angela showed a tougher fiber than even the most famous of Italian shrews, Katharina of Padua. Snapped Angela: "I want no part of him, alive or dead...
...axiom that varsity play with smarter and quicker opposition is always much tougher than freshman. For the boys who come up to Weiland's squad this is even more true than at most colleges. Weiland's brand of hockey is essentially defensive, "stop the other team from scoring and get your scores on breaks," and it's often a totally new concept for the sophomores...
...acknowledged best in football. Last year Huff's defensive team gave up the league low of 3.6 yds. per opponent carry, hoisted the team into the championship playoffs, where it finally lost, 23-17, to the Baltimore Colts in an overtime period. This year the Giant tacklers are tougher than ever, have yielded a grudging 3.0 yds. per rush (league average: 4.1 yds.), given up only eight touchdowns in the past seven games (longest scoring run allowed...
Dartmouth presented a much tougher problem, but the Crimson squeaked by 7 to 6, as Watts intercepted a pass and ran it 25 yards to the five...