Word: toughly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Alaskan weather was tough. The little planes had no de-icing equipment. They hopped along the Aleutian chain and on down the Alaska Highway, taking chances all the way with dwindling daylight and freezing weather...
...what TIME called me-a glorified handshaker, a hotel-greeter-no? I do not exactly get tired. I get-what you say? -stale. When I have to get up early, it seems the Devil himself contrives to keep me up late. But I can take it. I am tough like hell...
Most important, if the daring financial gamble is won, it may encourage other European nations with overvalued, rachitic currencies, notably France and Greece, to push through their own tough financial programs. (Without realistic devaluation of many European currencies, the Harriman committee on foreign aid warned, "further aid from this country will be wasteful and ineffective...
...This will be a tough contest," said Coach John M. Barnaby II '32, yesterday, "since we've been plagued with ankle injuries...