Word: toughly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Worthless? Because no cheap method has yet been devised for extracting oil from the tough dark shale of Colorado, geologists estimate the production cost of such oil at $3 per barrel, as compared with current petroleum prices of $1 per barrel. Oil companies with foresight, however, have bought up Colorado shale land from original prospectors on the theory that eventually a cheap extraction process will be found. Denver records show the following holdings: Standard Oil of New Jersey, 20,000 acres; Union of California, 18,000; Continental, 10,000; Texas, 10,000; Prairie, 7,000; Deep Rock, 4,000; Pure...
Baker, Heller, Walinchus and Hood of Pittsburgh's backfield got more of a work-out than they expected against some tough West Virginians. Pittsburgh 16, West Virginia...
Charles Street is called Gabby because he talks a lot. This year he has talked less than usual. He caught for the immortal Walter Johnson with the Washing ton Senators in 1909. During the War he was a tough and talkative top-sergeant. His field strategies are usually extemporaneous but almost always shrewd. He affects no aloofness toward his players but is a strict disciplinarian. He is the first Cardinal manager since 1925 to last more than a year at the job. This is the first time he has managed a team in a world series...
...iyth day the chief engi- neer died. With part of his body they made a broth. "The salt in the sea water in which the flesh was boiled was absorbed by the flesh, leaving the broth free from salt and not unpleasant to taste. The flesh was like tough veal." On the 23d day the survivors drank the blood from a fresh corpse. Next day they sighted land. Out of 32 men, 16 were alive...
...scoring a 72 or better, that 72 or better is hard for the most mechanically perfect golfer to beat in an 18-hole match. In the Amateur one must play two 18-hole matches per day for three days to reach the 36-hole final. "They are all tough enough and getting tougher every year," said Jones last month of championships in general...