Word: tougher
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...open in West Germany, vulnerable to attack. Now all U.S. warplanes are tucked safely inside $550,000 concrete and steel hangars. These are capable of withstanding a direct hit from a 500-lb. bomb. Many command posts, ammunition dumps and fuel depots have been similarly hardened. Tougher training. U.S. forces in Europe train more frequently and in more realistic circumstances than in the past. Surprise alerts sound at any moment of the day or night, sending troops racing to their posts. During the exercises, communications and electronic systems are deliberately jammed, just as they would be by the Soviets...
...Several tougher questions by the King involved the nature of sovereignty for the West Bank and Gaza, the future status of Israeli settlements and security forces in these areas, and the fate of predominantly Arab East Jerusalem. Washington's answers reiterate familiar positions, but it is easy to see why the U.S. phrasing irritated the Israelis...
...have urged a program of mandatory busing for the entire city. "That would be ridiculous," concedes Carey Preston, one of three blacks on Chicago's school board, all of whom voted against trying ATE. Local insiders are betting that the state board will take no action this month tougher than continuing Chicago's probationary status, while settling for Hannon's promise to expand ATE and its brand of voluntary integration...
Kaufmann and other University officials said they felt the government would be tougher on wage guidelines, keeping Harvard close to the 7-per-cent ceiling outlined in Carter's program
...tougher in the 158, 167 and 190 divisions or we're going to be in trouble," Lee said after the match, reflecting on the one win and five loss effort his wrestlers at those weights turned in yesterday...