Word: tougher
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Juan is tougher and more intelligent than his amiable son, who does not seem eager for the throne, but Juan Carlos might be chosen simply because he is not controversial. Last week some saw significance in Franco's gift to Juan Carlos and his bride of the glittering little palace of Zarzuela, near Franco's own Pardo palace, for their Madrid residence. But even if Juan Carlos actually chooses to live there, he will not necessarily have a role in Spain's affairs. His studies are finished ; he could not very well hobnob with Franco...
...Mekong valley, as the vital boundary between Thailand and Laos, might still be denied to the Communists. But as the Reds move even farther south in Laos, they will make it tougher to achieve an eventual anti-Communist victory in South Viet Nam, and easier for them to step up harassment of Thailand...
...With good will," says a weary priest, "everything could be solved." But if anything, the landlords of the Northeast, who fear a peasant revolt, are growing tougher. To Caio Lins Cavalcanti, president of the "Recuperation Center of Agricultural Landlords" formed as a sort of mutual protection society, the hungry peasants demonstrating in the towns last week were "packs of thieves and Communists." Adds Landlord Joacil Pereira of Paraiba state: "We are generous men. If a peasant dies, or his wife dies, or his child dies, who pays for the funeral? The landlord...
...Himalayan snows melted, fighting started again in India's shadow war with Red China for control of the vast border region (TIME. April 6). Prime Minister Nehru last week accused the Chinese of new incursions across India's mountain frontier-and he was talking tougher to Peking than ever before...
...Secretary Claude Burgess said Hong Kong's 3,250,000 population (a density of 8,200 per sq. mi.) was "now dangerously swollen'' and required a restrictive immigration policy to maintain the present standard of living. In sum. the speech suggested that Hong Kong will get tougher on the refugees but will continue to leave the door slightly ajar. One telling point made by Burgess: the refugee problem is one that "no country in the world is in practice willing to share with us." Over the past ten years. Formosa has taken only 14,000 Chinese refugees...