Word: toughly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Minutes later, bellied up to a witness table for two days of testimony before the special Senate committee investigating labor racketeering in general-and Dave Beck in particular-tough Teamster Beck began tapping his black shoes in nervous rhythm, and clasping his soft hands tightly in front of him to conceal their trembling. In an opening statement Committee Chairman John McClellan had said enough to set the toughest nerves to twitching: the committee had information indicating that "the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, the largest and most powerful union in our country...
...could not guarantee the support of Tory right-wingers if Makarios were released on these terms. The Marquess of Salisbury, 63-year-old scion of the Cecil family, who have advised England's monarchs since the days of the first Queen Elizabeth, was even more adamant. Inflexibly, the tough-minded elder statesman pointed out that Makarios had "deliberately refrained" from meeting Britain's conditions for his release. To free the Archbishop now, he insisted, would be an act of disloyalty to Turkey, a trusted ally who had stood by Britain throughout the Suez crisis and who regarded Makarios...
...vote of confidence by a margin of 33 votes. Led by Mendès-France, a bloc of 13 Radical Socialist Deputies boldly voted against the government, though the party has 13 members in Mollet's coalition Cabinet. Mollet, hurt by the attacks on his military policy and tough police methods, had been obliged to plead: "I am sure none of you think that the government, the army and the administration want or plan torture...
...situation had the makings of a minor war on the pattern that was to become familiar in Korea two years later. But after Tito's break with Stalin, something went wrong with the Communist army in Greece. General Markos was reported "seriously ill." In the confusion the small, tough Greek army (with expert military guidance by U.S. General James A. Van Fleet) was able to drive the Communists out of Greece...
Giant. A big (3 hr. 18 min.), tough picture based on Edna Ferber's bestseller about Texas, directed by George Stevens; with Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean (TIME...