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Word: toughly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...seems that out in California they're all axing each other about a tough situation. Nineteen months ago, proud Stanfordites, the "21," took illegal possession of a traditional axe which was the rightful property of California, and by safely vaulting away, got the trophy into a bank. There, ever since, it has remained, while Stanford wonders what can be done about the matter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INAXESSIBLE TROPHY | 11/21/1931 | See Source »

...grow complicated. He put horns on Don Geronimo's hat, and Favia loved him for it; but an Indian woman had attached herself to him and refused to let go. Also Esteban was beginning to dabble in the fire of revolutionary politics. When he simplified everything by leading his tough soldiers in a successful revolt he knew he had lost Favia forever, but he knew Marta was really more his style...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Old Red | 11/9/1931 | See Source »

With preliminary wrestling practice starting yesterday, Coach Clifford Gallagher characterized prospects for the coming season as the best in a number of years. The University team will have a tough schedule this season, since Chicago, Navy, and Princeton have been added to the schedule. Friday, December 18, will see the grapplers in their first meet with Technology...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GOOD WRESTLING YEAR IS SEEN BY GALLAGHER | 10/27/1931 | See Source »

...writer has carefully refrained from giving away any more of the plot than is strictly necessary to establish the atmosphere of what is, after all, a very superior mystery play. This is a tough week, generally speaking, and one should be grateful for all the dramatic entertainment one can obtain. If you happen to be temporarily bothered by academic or athletic difficulties, you certainly should not miss the Copley play. Even if you have an hour exam impending on the morrow, you will assuredly remain to the final curtain

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 10/27/1931 | See Source »

Chico impersonates a tough Italian, Zeppo makes friends with a pretty girl. Presently the boat docks and the Marx Brothers are faced with the problem of getting off without passports. This they try and fail to do by singing like Maurice Chevalier. Harpo, most furious at having his queer purposes interrupted, leaps on the desk of a passport inspector. Grinning wildly, he tears up thousands of important papers, stamps the pate of the chief passport inspector with a rubber stamp. The Marxes go to a party. They have contracted simultaneous alliances with two rival gangsters aboard ship. At the party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Oct. 19, 1931 | 10/19/1931 | See Source »

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