Word: tougher
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hazel-eyed, gawky daughter Anna, 23, was playing Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker and scoring a triumph of acting over an ingénue's past (she started her acting career in The Reluctant Debutante). She flung herself about the stage with controlled abandon, was even tougher than Anne Bancroft in the unforgettable New York version-"more the obstinately dedicated skivvy," wrote one critic, "and less the intense angel of mercy...
Kennedy is finding life even tougher on the "Foreign Frontier," Pearson said. "You can not solve foreign problems unless you have the tools to work with...
Dayal's job was getting tougher, not easier. Under the new Security Council resolution, he was instructed to prevent civil war. "by force if necessary." He was also supposed to "reorganize" (i.e., disarm) the Congolese troops. On the civil war front, the U.N. command seemed singularly irresolute in using its new powers. In Luluabourg, even as the Stanleyville invaders were fleeing in confusion, crowds of angry Lulua tribesmen clashed with the local Congolese garrison; the troops proceeded to mow down the mob. killing 44 before the eyes of U.N. Ghanaian patrols, who apparently had orders not to interfere...
...Chat on the Phone. With the Russians happily surveying their handiwork, Adlai Stevenson decided that still tougher words were needed if Moscow was to get the point. That afternoon he picked up a phone in a small office high in the U.N.'s glass and steel skyscraper, got through quickly to the White House. "Mr. President, it's time for you to get tough," said Stevenson to John F. Kennedy. "I recommend that at your news conference this evening, you tell the U.S. people and the world that we are ready to oppose any unilateral intervention...
Despite and undistinguished 2-6 record for the season, the Crimson should keep the visitors on edge. Growing tougher at each outing, the varsity nearly upset Penn last week in a contest undecided until the final match...