Word: toughest
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...investigating labor racketeering in general-and Dave Beck in particular-tough Teamster Beck began tapping his black shoes in nervous rhythm, and clasping his soft hands tightly in front of him to conceal their trembling. In an opening statement Committee Chairman John McClellan had said enough to set the toughest nerves to twitching: the committee had information indicating that "the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, the largest and most powerful union in our country, may have misappropriated over $320,000 of union funds...
Yale, with several excellent men up from last year's freshman squad, will probably be the Crimson's toughest...
...second man on the varsity delegation, Cal Place, is one of the toughest match players in college squash and will prove very tough to handle for any seeded player he runs across. Place's easy three-game win over Yale's Harvey Sloane, who is eighth seeded in the tournament, is evidence of Place's role as a potential up-setter of the seedings...
...assistant for legislative and public affairs, i.e., public relations, Seaton succeeded as well as any man in the face of "Engine Charlie's" proclivity for hip shots. As a presidential assistant, Seaton got many a touchy job, e.g., smoothing out patronage squabbles, asking for resignations. Moving into his toughest task, Seaton already has shown a considerable capacity for learning quickly the intricacies and the pitfalls. He is respectful of other views and attentive to suggestions, but one fact stands out: in the new-look Interior Department, Fred Seaton is calling the shots...
Fortenbaugh should be the toughest opponent that Noble has faced all season, but the Crimson wrestler has improved greatly since being thrown by M. I. T.'s Harris Hyman early in the season. Since then, he has amassed four wins, and only one loss...