Word: toughly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Smart rightists-the tough, gutter-smart Sinarquistas and the smooth, book-smart Action Nationalistas-have made the most of it. They have jumped on the bandwagon, talked loudly about morality in government, have urged more popular participation in civic affairs. Presumably they have also egged on at least some of the public uprisings. In Oaxaca last week the crowd uncovered when orators spoke the name of Pornrio Diaz, president-dictator (with a four-year break) from 1877 to 1911, and to many Mexicans a symbol of reaction and exploitation...
...Gideons were up against a tough customer in the meticulously creedless U.S. public school system, where religious training tends to consist of a daily, Shintoesque pledge to the flag...
...over, retailers got ready for tough competition again, started training clerks to meet it. One big department store installed lyres in every department. When, from time to time, they are plucked, clerks are required to smile...
...Tough Breed. Moran is well aware that U.S. tugboats have two heavy loads to carry: 1) high wages and 2) insurance rates, which are controlled by the British to favor their own and Dutch boats...
...Tough Jobs. But it was during the war that the Moran Co., which operated 122 tugs for the Government, performed its most notable feats. While the company towed dredges and drydocks around the globe and brought home disabled merchantmen and battleships, Ed Moran went into the Navy as a lieutenant commander in 1942. He came out a rear admiral in November 1945 with a chestfull of decorations and a worldwide reputation...