Word: tougher
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Crushing the Klan is tougher than infiltrating it. Local Southern juries ordinarily let Klansmen off no matter what the accusation. The only federal charge that can be leveled in most cases-such as in the Liuzzo murder-deals with "denying the civil rights" of the victim, and the maximum penalty for the crime is only ten years in prison. Even though Congress might now enact legislation outlawing the Klan, the deeper problem is that the law alone can never erase the Klan mentality...
Sharks on TV. The fact is that the pool-hall sharks - those sly profession als who once traveled the U.S. preying on amateurs - are finding it tougher and tougher to make a living. Not that the game has declined. There are as many pool halls as ever - it's just that they like to be called les académies de billard now. No more spittoons, no more raucous voices. Tables are covered with pink felt, and ladies, bless their well-chalked tips, are taking up the game. Pool halls even hire "knockers" to protect patrons from the hustlers...
Sophomore Ed Franquemont, the only Harvard wrestler to place in this year's Eastern Intercollegiates, will try his luck in an even tougher and more prestigious ournament on March 25, 26, 27: the National Intercollegiate Championships in , Wyoming...
...corridor of Chicago's Federal Building might have been a political headquarters on a winning election night. Supporters cheered, klieg lights glared, and there was even a victory statement. Said Illinois' former Republican Governor (1953-61) William G. Stratton: "I never went through a tougher campaign...
...ball to the left of the catcher. The dart board presents the same problem. Early in the run, the men readily learned to counteract the spin at low speeds. Now they are being tested again at the higher r.p.m. and are finding the game a good deal tougher...