Word: toughers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Patterson formed an alliance of his own with the House Republicans, who also wanted a strong energy committee. Patterson worked out an extraordinary ploy: once his measure got on the floor, the Republicans and whatever Democrats Patterson could round up would vote to "save" the resolution by making it tougher...
...been very tough, a lot tougher than it was four years ago. I've been wrong on just about every goddam thing...
Times are much tougher for the city than they are for Harvard. As the source of many of the problems the city faces, the University should rise to the occasion and not contest the $480,000 price offered by the city, a payment large enough to insure that Harvard will not lose money on the deal...
...entrance, narrow slits for windows, and a protected inner courtyard backing on the Nile?for quick escape by boat if necessary. More than anything, it is said to resemble Hitler's bunker. Finally, another comparatively hardhearted approach gaining adherents even in the U.S. State Department is simply to be tougher in striking back next time?as the Soviets would probably be. "Tehran would never happen to the Soviets," says U.S. Antiterrorism Expert Robert Kupperman. "If it did, they would wipe out a hunk of the city, even if they lost everybody in their embassy. That has its deterrent effect...
...billion in 1978. Rates of return have slid from 11.5% of net worth 30 years ago to 8.2% today. Those rates are the lowest in all American manufacturing and will have to be improved in order to attract investment. Steelmen want the Government to raise their return by enacting tougher protection against imports, faster depreciation on plant and equipment, and less stringent environmental laws...