Word: toughly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...some 6,000 boys under 17. Out of it operators got the assurance that there would not be another bituminous coal strike at least until April 1, 1934-Room 800 B was pack-jammed with hard-boiled operators who for years had balked unionization of their properties, and with tough-fisted veterans who had fought and bled for their union. Together they bated their breath as Mine Leader Lewis pulled the contract to him, squiggled his name. A moment later Operator Morrow signed. Signatures of other operators and U. M. W. officials completed the deal which unionized...
...line! A tough assignment. You can say that the sophomores have pepped it up and you can say that it is looking good against the Jayvees but the answer to the question: Is it good? must be left until after October 2. Kelly is a real find at right end and White is a tough customer to beat out on the left wing. He is officially in the class of 1936 for he was out of college for a year and ineligible for another. The reserves are not up to snuff. Nazro is a veteran but has not been delivering...
...when he dug a thousand dollars out of his own pocket to care for the sick, and when, turning over his own horses to the medical department, he herded his disheartened regiment all the way from Natchez to Nashville,--it was certainly time for a new nickname. He's "tough," exclaimed an admiring voice from the ranks. "Tough as hickory," observed another, naming the toughest thing he knew. That was in March, 1813. Andrew Jackson has been "Old Hickory" ever since...
...leader was straightway made Chief of Staff and Revolutionary Leader of the Armed Forces. He was Top Sergeant Fulgencio Batista, who as a sharp-eyed court stenographer had listened for eight years to the Machado trials of revolutionary suspects. Surrounded by bully boys from the barracks, he was as tough as any. Despite his promise not to promote himself, he soon took the title of Colonel. Up with him went two others: lanky Sergeant Angel Gonzalez as Chief of Staff of the Navy and blocky Angel Hernandez as his assistant...
...successor. After a stormy session they named not Philip D. Armour III, 37, who was first vice president, but Mr. Lee who was 52, had served in nearly every department of the business. Another change followed: T. George Lee became simply T. G. Lee and took up a tough job. He did more than stare down his nose at subordinates and say, as he liked to, "You're all wet." In his first report to stockholders he had to report a $2,682,000 operating deficit, but he went in for economy. For 1932 with sales only two-thirds...