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Word: toughest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Just getting a crack at Sugar Ray was the toughest scrap of all. Jenson had to settle for 12½% of the gate, or $20.915. Robinson pocketed $78,190 of the gate receipts, plus $60,000 of the TV and radio income, of which Fullmer got none...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Lemme Open Up | 1/14/1957 | See Source »

...toughest running drama of suspense and conflict draws a small but influential audience. At Lindy's in Manhattan, bookies take bets on the outcome of each month's cliff hanger, The Ratings. Across town on Madison Avenue, admen ante up with million-dollar chips, and on the same fateful turn, TV shows stake their survival, performers their jobs and networks their reputations. Every eye in TV is firmly fixed on the numbers that do what the batting average does for baseball, the big board for Wall Street and Debrett's for the peerage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The Only Wheel in Town | 1/14/1957 | See Source »

...first of two away League games this weekend--the varsity plays at Penn Saturday night--the Crimson will oppose what Coach Wilson calls "the toughest game of the year." Columbia has four veterans back from last year's team, which rolled up a 15-9 mark, tying for second in the Ivy League...

Author: By John A. Rava, | Title: Basketball Team Faces Columbia Tonight in Crucial League Game | 1/11/1957 | See Source »

There is no doubt that the varsity is up for this match, and Coach Bob Pickett has his squad in the best possible physical condition to face the once-beaten Big Red. If the varstiy hopes to annex the Ivy title, it must get by Cornell, by far its toughest opponent. As it looks now, the meet should be tight...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Six Meets Tigers in Ivy Opener; Wrestlers Face Cornell | 1/11/1957 | See Source »

With two victories and an unexpectedly good showing at the Wilkes Open Tournament under its belt, the undefeated varsity wrestling team faces the toughest opponent on its schedule Saturday in Cornell, the powerhouse of the Ivy League...

Author: By William C. Sigal, | Title: LINING THEM UP | 1/10/1957 | See Source »

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