Word: toughing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Johnson and Speaker Sam Rayburn adopted a new legislative strategy that coincided with President Eisenhower's (and the nation's) vision of a balanced budget, Butler had been frustrated, tormented. Last week he put his feelings on the public record. "We are going to be in a tough situation in 1960," he told a TV interviewer. "Quite a few Democrats around the country are unhappy about the progress that has been made in the first session [of Congress...
Said Gore: The public announcements of the U.S., British and Soviet test-ban negotiators had led people in the U.S. and around the world to suppose that a lot of progress had been made. In fact, there had been no meaningful progress and no real Soviet concessions on the tough issues: the nature, methods and control of an inspection system. Meanwhile, argued Gore, the Soviet Union had made propaganda profits out of the conference by advertising the mere preliminaries of a test-ban agreement as substantial Soviet concessions. The U.S., said Gore, should 1) adopt firm, realistic goals...
Poetry readings are a little tough on poets and audience alike. The poet, uncertain of his audience, must perhaps pass up good poems in favor of inferior but more easily assimilated material. He is likely to find that a catchy closing couplet will draw more audience reaction than a more profound piece...
Chief in Command. Olmedo's victory was no surprise. When the going is easy, the lithe, 23-year-old Peruvian with the classic Inca features can blow a match with the best of them. But his charging, slashing game stiffens under pressure, and at Wimbledon the going was tough enough to challenge his mastery. Ranged against him were Australia's nimble Rod Laver, 20, and dark-haired Roy Emerson, 22, and America's moody, towering (6 ft. 4 in.) Barry MacKay. 23, Olmedo's Davis Cup teammate against Australia last winter. MacKay did not get beyond...
...objective is to conclude a contract that will involve no increase in the overall employment costs of the company," said Republic Steel's tough, plain-talking President Thomas Patton on TV's Meet the Press. Not only does the current contract provide high wages and benefits, contended Patton, but it also leaves plenty of room for further wage boosts through job promotions and incentive pay. Patton's proof: since contract negotiations opened just two months ago, average hourly wages have jumped from...