Word: tougher
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...those familiar with the bill before Congress think it will be good for the country -- although only 15% believe it will reduce their taxes and just 21% that it will make filling out tax forms any easier. The survey found that candidates who support protectionist trade legislation and tougher sanctions against South Africa are likely to win votes...
Still, the Crimson recorded only one impressive win, a 1-0 victory over then-12th-ranked Springfield, on its way to earning a second place Ivy finish and a sliver of respect from tougher, nonleague, opponents...
Green's low-budget tactics face a far tougher test in the general election, when he will have to outhustle both Dyson, who is running on the Liberal Party line, and Republican Alfonse D'Amato, the popular incumbent whom Koch last week called a "superb Senator." D'Amato, who won a three-way Senate race in 1980, has raised nearly $7 million for this year's campaign...
Still, the Crimson recorded only one impressive win, a 1-0 victory over then-12th-ranked Springfield, on its way to earning a second place Ivy finish and a sliver of respect from tougher, non-league, opponents...
...unexpected U.S. criticism came only two weeks before Aquino's first official visit to Washington. Unnamed White House sources told the New York Times that Aquino should take tougher action against the Communist Party's military wing, the New People's Army, which has more than 20,000 members. Aquino, who has vowed to exhaust all peaceful efforts before resorting to force, responded, "It is I who will decide just what we will do in this country...