Word: toughly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Reviewing the results of crew to date, Tom Bolles was especially pleased with the spirit of his squad and the form which they have shown even under pressure. In his opinion the Navy and Yale races will be very close, but the Varsity will be tough opposition for anybody...
...result of this triumph over the Jaspars has resulted in a confident crew at the Now Brunswick school, and they are leading for Cambridge determined to upset to Crimson Varsity eight. That is a tough assignment, and the way things look down at Newell at present an almost impossible one. But the race last Saturday against Manhattan was encouraging, and commenting on it, Coach Logg said: "The varsity rowed a creditable race which augurs well for the future...
...Silent Barriers" has to do with the struggle involved in pushing the tracks of the Canadian Pacific across the mountains of British Columbia. To show you that it is a real outdoor drama with lots of tough men in it, there are some emasculated versions of section gang argot, and an infinite amount of the players barking at each other. There is about the picture a certain inevitable gusto which attaches to any treatment of this sort of material, some genuinely thrilling mountain shots, and a plethora of weak women, outdoor men, and open spaces. Nonetheless, we were glad...
...device for stealing. With the help of his daughter Joan (Jean Rogers), a Ranger guard named Jim Travers (Warren Hull) and a number of electrical tours de force, old Mallory manages to surmount beatings, blindness and bullets, finally defeat both gangsters and Ranger. Best shot: a tough gangster named Fingers (Ward Bond) vibrating helplessly from the shocks of a miniature electric chair which Inventor Mallory concocts on the spur of the moment...
...small size of the clubs makes inter-club football impracticable but touch football is well organized, a complete pamphlet of special tough rules for the association being published by the governing board. During the winter basketball, squash, and ping pong are carried on while inter-club hockey in the Hobey Baker rink has proved to be the most popular. Swimming is limited to three meets in both the club and dormitory league in which all members enter contestants at once, while in Wrestling and Boxing there is an open University meet as at Harvard...