Word: toughers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Richard Nixon, having a conspiratorial bent himself, knew he had to take some precautions on his 1972 visit to Moscow, so he asked to have his limousine with its secure cabin shipped in. The Soviets hassled the Americans, but Nixon was tougher. The car was flown in, and Nixon and his aides repaired there for their discussions...
...sitting pretty in the Ivies right now," Harvard Coach Carole Kleinfelder said. "The Ivies look to be tougher than they've been in the past. I think we're capable of doing well, but we have to start playing a more mature-type game...
...change is seen in other schools," Mulvehal said. "The competition is getting tougher...
...deficit in general and with Japan in particular. "The point is we are already at war with Japan. The problem is that we have not been fighting back," declared Republican Senator Pete Wilson of California. In a broader offensive, three House committees approved new trade legislation that would mandate tougher ways of dealing with uncooperative trading partners like Japan...
...work paid off. When Reagan walked into the family dining room at the end of his performance, Baker proclaimed, "You did even better than you did in your last rehearsal." Replied the President: "Your questions were a lot tougher than the ones the press asked...