Word: toughly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...room, began work in the personnel department of a Standard Oil of New Jersey refinery. A Yale junior learning the family business on vacation, he said: "I'm trying to get a look at the way the boys here live. But it's pretty tough because . . . I feel as though I were on exhibition. But I'm learning things and I love...
...consistent accuracy of Nicholas, however, the flashy leadership of Davis, and the aggressive cooperation of Benson and Johnson, together with the slightly superior Harvard mounts, will make things tough for the Princeton riders. Princeton has more power than finesse; while Harvard depends on smoothness, a factor which stood her in such good stead during the arduous fight last winter for the Massachusetts Indoor Crown. It is interesting to note that this quality of the team stands in direct contrast to the characteristic power which is the main hope for a Crimson crew victory in the Thames classic this evening...
...speakeasy, emerges to recover his prestige by turning over to police the No. 1 bandit of the city. This is the third successive Warner Brothers picture to be distinguished by lavatory scenes (the other two were Baby Face and Central Airport. A happy thought was the teaming of tough, noisy Alice White with tough, noisy Cagney. Without plot restrictions, it is doubtful who would have won the bout...
...Janeiro last week. Down a steep embankment bounded a bulky boulder, crashed a window of the car. At one stroke it broke both the President's legs, one of his wife's legs and killed his naval aide, Lieutenant Alfredo Celso Pestana. Peru. To shoot at tough little Luis M. Sanchez Cerro was an old Spanish custom, to hit him was a fairly common occurrence, but to kill him was News. Martial law was declared throughout Peru last week and the nation went into mourning for three days. Five-foot flat and mostly Indian, a pocket wildcat...
Things begin to hum when a new boy arrives, tough Red Barry (Burgess Meredith). Red tried to slip a gun to his brother, waiting to be electrocuted in the State's death house. Actor Meredith, until recently the Dormouse and Tweedledee...