Word: tougher
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...warped--by their pre-occupation with "practical" matters. This, at least, is the argument of those who decry "University complicity." It is also an allegation of more moderate students who feel that the Economics Department overemphasizes problems of monetary and fiscal policy and gives short shrift to the tougher problem of redistributing goods more equitably in America...
Brezhnev and Kosygin are in agreement about liberalization in Russia, but Brezhnev takes ideology more into consideration and generally prefers a relatively tougher line. Kosygin is more practical and realistic and, though no liberal in the Western sense (both he and Brezhnev served time in Stalin's ca dres), is more or less looked to by the new intelligentsia as their best hope for further relaxation of party control. Suslov is more of a hardliner, while Podgorny has the strongest liberal tendencies of all. All four distrust the ambitious younger leaders, at whom they recently struck a blow...
...give back most of the land its army had conquered in exchange for one simple document: a meaningful peace treaty with the Arabs. But the Arabs would not deal on Israel's terms, which included face-to-face negotiations-and the terms have since been getting steadily tougher. Just how tough they have become was spelled out last week by Israeli Premier Levi Eshkol. In a major policy speech before the opening session of the Knesset (parliament), Eshkol made it plain, in case anyone has recently had any doubts, that his government has decided to hold on to most...
Back at the CNCV headquarters we were assured that Ward 4 is particularly barren territory, and that student canvassers have it tougher than others. Just under two thirds of the canvassers have nothing to do with either Harvard or M.I.T. and four out of five of them are adults who have lived in Cambridge for over five years. They had gotten encouraging results, not only in the wealthy and academic wards, but also in the working class sections...
Dean Glimp confirmed last night the use of self-incriminating letters. "If we were severing students," he said, "we would have kept a tougher standard. But as it turned out we relied mostly on whether the senior tuor was reasonably sure a student was there...