Word: toughers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Amplifying remarks he made Thursday at a Boston AIDS conference, in which he called for mandatory testing of those in high risk groups, professor of Medicine Arnold S. Relman said: "Suppose 10 years from now we have half a million AIDS cases, then tougher measures will be necessary...
Once off the pedestal, Reynolds could create memorable types. Nowhere in English art is there a sweeter, tougher demimondaine than his Mrs. Abington, reflectively sucking her thumb whilst sizing up the audience with a level look annealed by years of prostitution before her stardom as a comic actress. And it would be difficult to imagine a more sympathic portrait of a minor writer than his study of Giuseppe Baretti, shortsightedly scrutinizing a book inches from his eye with the greed of a man devouring an orange. In Reynolds' intimate portraits, the aura of classical make-believe becomes an ironical virtue...
...pervasive in the U.S. workplace that they / are used in almost every industry, the daily companions of blue- and white- collar workers alike. Their presence on the job is sapping the energy, honesty and reliability of the American labor force even as competition from foreign companies is growing ever tougher...
...waste time ripping apart a car to find contraband. They now wield high-tech instruments, including fiber-optic devices for examining the interiors of gas tanks and ultrasonic range finders to determine whether hollow panels really are empty. Last week the San Diego district began a policy of tougher inspections that had cars backed up for more than a mile...
...Until this weekend, I thought Harrington would be much tougher," Goldman said. After Weld's remarks, Goldman said he did not view Harrington as a factor in the race...