Word: tougher
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...bills, he persuaded suppliers to be patient. It now seems a plausible bet?not yet even money but not 100 to 1 either?that lacocca's company will survive as No. 3 against its behemoth competitors, General Motors and Ford, and occasionally even threaten them. Of course, the tougher battle is the one that all U.S. carmakers are in together: turning back the competition from Japanese and other foreign automobile companies, who drove off with a record 28% of the market last year...
...seedings lot the Eastern teams were straightforward in the order of their finish in the Boston Garden last weekend. But the controversy out West affects the ECAC squads. You can make a good case that first seeded Harvard has a tougher opponent in Michigan St. than second-seeded Providence laces...
After blowing an early lead in its ECAC semifinal loss to Harvard. UNH bounced back to beat St. Lawrence the next night, as goalie Todd Pearson nearly notched a shutout. But the opposition will be much tougher this weekend. The Gophers are led by a pair of high-scoring forwards, Hobey Baker Award candidate Scott Bjugstad (85 points in 42 games) and Busty Erickson (76 points), and have a steady goalie in Frank Pietrangelo (3.30 goals-against...
...State George Shultz explicitly tied the fate of El Salvador to the rest of the isthmus, including Mexico, "with which we have a long border." The testimony of the usually cautious Shultz surprised reporters and Congressmen alike and served as perhaps the best evidence of the Administration's tougher stance. Nestor D. Sanchez, Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary, told House members that the Salvadoran army might run out of ammunition in 30 days. William Schneider Jr., Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance, confirmed the alarming statistic, which the El Salvador military had denied, by saying it would prove true...
Competing carmakers fear that the arrangement will make GM and Toyota even tougher to beat. GM, the world's largest car manufacturer, already commands about 44% of the U.S. market. Toyota, the third biggest automaker (after Ford), has a 6.6% U.S. market share, less han Chrysler (10%) but more than American Motors...