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Word: toughly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...tough Calhoun line was Kirkland's nemesis as the Deacons were bottled up for a scoreless tie which almost turned into the fourth Crimson victory when the Harvards penetrated to the enemy's ten before petering...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Champion Eliot Downs Saybrook as Houses Win Three, Lose Four, Tie | 11/24/1947 | See Source »

...TIME would like very much to have "Chunkin' Charley" Conerly in its backfield (and his pass-catching teammate, ex-West Pointer Barney Poole, at left end). But neither TIME nor Michigan is trading off Bob Chappuis, who holds the alltime passing record in the Big Nine, as tough a league as there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 24, 1947 | 11/24/1947 | See Source »

Kirklad ran into a tough line and pass interceptions and Calhoun found its drive cut short by costly fumbles as these teams battle to a scoreless deadlock. The Deacons penetrated to the ten-yard line at one point, but failed to connect for a touchdown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eliot Grid Champ as Houses Win Three, Lose Four to Yale | 11/22/1947 | See Source »

After four periods of the hardest football seen on Soldiers Field all year, the Mastodons had firmly convinced all observers of their superiority, as they scored a bloody 8 to 2 win over a rough and tough Deacon squad. Hard-running Austie Lyne, Jumbo right-half, climaxed a 58-yard march with the game-winning off-tackle plunge from the one-yard stripe into the second period...

Author: By Charles W. Balley, | Title: Mastodons Stop Kirkland in 8-2 Climax Grid Encounter | 11/12/1947 | See Source »

Kiss of Death. A tough, scary semi-documentary about a stool pigeon; well played by Victor Mature and Richard Widmark (TIME, Sept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Current & Choice, Nov. 10, 1947 | 11/10/1947 | See Source »

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