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Word: toughers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...third-round play gets underway today, the competition should get a little tougher. Ball third in the expects light Franklin and Marshall's Chris Bahr, also a second team All-American...

Author: By Brian Mccarthy, | Title: Racquetmen Travel to West Point to Compete for National Six-Man Title | 3/2/1985 | See Source »

...where their talent as dancers is neither appreciated nor taken seriously. Dance being, of course, for bidden in Ohio, the kids is forced to rehearse in abandoned warehouses and to run away to New York without telling their parents. New York, that mecca of artistic opportunity, proves to be tougher than this bunch bargained for. Braving myriad evils, from muggers to threatening rival dance groups, from discouraging agents to hordes of mohawked, leather-clad punks, the Adventurous Eight pirouette their way to stardom, shedding only a few poignant tears of disappointment along...

Author: By Anne Tobias, | Title: Ever See a Priest Dance? | 2/22/1985 | See Source »

...Later, when asked in an interview with the Wall Street Journal whether he agreed with Stockman's view of military pensions, the President did not hedge. "No," he said, "I have to think this is a little different than any other pension program." Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger was much tougher: he termed Stockman's broadside "insulting and demeaning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On the Chopping Block | 2/18/1985 | See Source »

...faces what may be an even tougher task than running a railroad: getting out of the business. In an effort to uncouple itself from Conrail and Amtrak, the Reagan Administration is causing a commotion among the country's railroads and many of the people who use them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Railyard Rumbles | 2/18/1985 | See Source »

...Administration colleagues with throaty exhortations to face up to reality. When she was put on the panel to prepare the President for his foreign policy debate with Walter Mondale, she read the suggested questions from White House aides, tossed them aside and made up her own, which were tougher...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: A Noble Tradition | 2/11/1985 | See Source »

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