Word: tougher
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hand, had erased doubts that he belonged on the same stage with Reagan by performing so adroitly in their first encounter. His confidence had soared, and now his advisers had the chore of devising a strategy that would build on his earlier success. They felt that he could be tougher on Reagan in the foreign policy debate, where the Democrats claimed to have a stronger case. They urged Mondale to be a prosecutor, applying constant pressure...
...host Crimson squad--now 7-7 on the year--started well, but faltered in straight sets to the tougher Bruins...
...recalled an instance in which a Philadelphia trial lawyer said that if he were to move a criminal case from an urban court to a rural area, the jury would want to sentence his client to "five days in the electric chair," since rural juries are tougher on criminal defendants than those in cities...
...tougher to move," Usher said. "Everyone's a lot more tentative, and thus everyone makes a few more mistakes...
...decide which tots advance to the first grade. A full day of classes has become the rule for all New York City kindergartens. But in neighboring Connecticut, an outcry helped to defeat statewide full-day legislation, and more protests are being heard across the country as pressure grows for tougher early schooling...