Word: tougher
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...conservatives and as accurate a vote counter as exists on Capitol Hill, was pretty sure that his amendment would not pass. But he hoped for a moral victory that would encourage the foes of the five-year proposal when it came up in the House of Representatives, always much tougher about foreign aid than the Senate. "Well,'' said Byrd. "the Administration wants to win this one pretty badly, and I expect they will. But I think we may get as many as 45 votes, so that if they win, it will hardly stand as much of a vote...
...Diem learned any lessons from his close escape? The fear of U.S. officials on the spot was that the soldiers might revolt again?this time with tougher ambitions. "The army has lost its virginity,'' suggested an old political hand. "Next time it will be easier...
...military side, the U.S. program is as tough as Diem could wish. Kennedy's task force is headed by Sterling J. Cottrell, 47, a career State Department officer who is a "hardline" man on Southeast Asia, wanted the U.S. to take tougher action in Laos. Cottrell is willing to use rough, unorthodox methods to stop the Communists, works closely with Brigadier General Edward Lansdale, the Pentagon's guerrilla warfare expert who helped Magsaysay crush the Huks in the Philippines and advised Ngo Dinh Diem in his battle against the Binh Xuyen gang...
Williams still has nice boys, but they work harder. When Baxter arrived, the average grade was Dplus. It is now between C-plus and B-minus on a tougher scale. Combatting the old image, Williams has boosted scholarships and student aid more than sixfold. About 30% of Williams men receive such aid, and 50% of them are products of public education rather than prep schools...
...Williams tradition, was once the sole student in a class taught by Baxter. "You will discover that he is as convinced as I am that just holding the line is not enough," says Baxter. "We must continually do better.'' Without Baxter, doing better will be tougher...