Word: toughest
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ships of six nations stood in to attack the blockage in three task forces-one clearing smaller wrecks around Port Said, two others working from opposite ends of the canal to join at Ismailia in clearing the cement-laden hulk of the Egyptian LST Akka, by far the toughest single salvage job. The U.N. fleet, said General Wheeler, will be built up to 30 vessels and will operate under a consortium of experienced Dutch and Danish firms. If all goes according to plan, said Wheeler, the canal should be open in May for the biggest ships it can take...
Sculptor Stankiewicz came by his love for junk naturally. He was raised in one of Detroit's toughest districts, used a foundry dump for his playground. During a World War II hitch in the U.S. Navy, he found himself whiling away time in the Aleutians by whittling caribou horn, decided to cash in his G.I. Bill on an art education. He studied with Hans Hofmann in Manhattan, polished off in Paris with Painter Fernand Lèger and Sculptor Ossip Zadkine. Back in Manhattan he set out to shape his future by reclaiming the flotsam and jetsam...
...Toronto Star, Canada's biggest, lustiest and most profitable daily, the highest accolade a newsman could receive was a penciled "OK-H.C.H." on his copy. The initials were those of President Harry Comfort Hindmarsh, 69, long known as Canada's toughest newspaper boss. Many Canadian newsmen even insisted that a reporter who had not been hired and fired by Harry Hindmarsh was still...
...this rebuke to the commissar. But one official in the Foreign Office sighed: "The presence of Suslov at the congress would have been an embarrassment to [Italy's Red Boss] Togliatti, because it would have been clear evidence of Togliatti's subjection to Moscow, and to the toughest Stalinist in Europe. Togliatti will find things easier without him." As for fears that Suslov's presence might provoke anti-Russian demonstrations, a Western diplomat cracked: "A little pushing around wouldn't hurt...
Almost inevitably, there was even some bloodshed. In the Olympic pool. Hungarians came face to face with Russians for the semifinals of water polo, indulged in an extra-rough version of one of the toughest of games. While Hungarian immigrants in the stands shouted insults at the Russians, both teams traded blows. One of the Russian players muttered a nasty word, "Fascist," and a Russian haymaker almost flattened Hungary's Antol Bolvari. In the closing minutes Russia's Vladimir Prokopov brutally butted Hungarian Center Ervin Zador under the eye and the Hungarian climbed out of the water, streaming...