Word: toughly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Denmark's Hans Christian Hansen, another Socialist, echoed the Norwegian line. Then West Germany's tough-minded Chancellor Konrad Adenauer spoke up. Despite the fact that the Bulganin notes talked vaguely of a neutralized Germany -a prospect that is anathema to Adenauer-the West German Chancellor was no longer prepared to accept the U.S. lead in the matter of East-West negotiations. Said he: "I would see no objection to attempting to inquire through diplomatic channels from the Soviet government what precise conceptions form the basis of these proposals...
Life in Brooklyn was tough enough for the Dodgers' fireballing pitcher, Don Newcombe. His good right arm ached all summer long and the doctors could find little wrong; opposition batters were beginning to tag him, and he wound up the 1957 season with a dismal record of eleven victories and twelve defeats. He was almost ready to believe the unkind critics who maintained that he lost his stuff in the clutch. Then things got worse. The Dodgers moved to Los Angeles, and Big Newk (6 ft. 4 in.) began to worry himself witless over the prospect of being forced...
...tough-minded but genial realist who coached track while president of Queens, likes to do carpentry and fiddle on the violin, Theobald combines a certain sympathy for modern educational theories with a no-nonsense attitude towards such practices as promoting all students automatically. "This," says he, "puts a premium on misbehavior." He has even publicly advocated placing incorrigibles in separate schools rather than allowing them to muddy the ones they are in. Though he agrees that the public schools must meet the needs of each child, he also thinks that "there comes a time when...
...Tough Plastic. A new heat-and abrasive-resistant plastic, 100 Tenite Polyethylene, was announced by Eastman Kodak Co. The plastic is so tough that utensils made of it can be sterilized in boiling water or washed in automatic dishwashers...
Some cinemoguls appeared calm. Much studio space is busier than ever, on lease to TV outfits when it is not being used to make the big, quality films on which moviemakers now concentrate. Production of high-budget films is on the upturn. Tough old Sam Goldwyn said slyly: "If Mr. Silverman will take good care of his theaters and play the best pictures available, keeping in mind how good they are rather than how cheaply he can get them, I am sure that he will not go out of business." Apparently just as sure, in spite of his cries...