Word: toughly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Here stood Israel's leonine David Ben-Gurion, vowing that Israel's tough little army would not give up conquered Gaza and the entrance to the Gulf of Aqaba until it got guarantees that Egypt could not again use these bases to attack Israel or strangle her commerce. There sat Egypt's deep-chested Gamal Abdel Nasser, shirtsleeved before his nine telephones, a hard-pressed, unpredictable man who was hearing the arguments with unaccustomed mildness...
...perhaps most important, the union dues check-off system, which will give it more leverage in dealing with recalcitrant locals. But behind Captain Bradley's back there still loomed the figures of his New York leaders, e.g., Manhattan's Harold (Mickey) Bowers, Brooklyn's Anthony ("Tough Tony") Anastasia, always unruly and ever ready to pounce...
...Threats. Behind Ben-Gurion's defiant position stood the will of a tough and self-righteous people. They knew that they might suffer further economic distress by their defiance. It came as no surprise to them when next day, on behalf of six Asian-African nations, Lebanon's Charles Malik introduced the long-delayed U.N. resolution calling on all states "to deny all military, economic or financial assistance" to Israel. Yet for all the Arab hostility to Israel, and all the influence the U.S. can bring to bear, few in the U.N. really wanted to see the resolution...
Wilson's chief experience before assuming his tough task was as freshman coach here, and in his last season coaching Yardling ball, his squad was undefeated. The members of that freshman team are now seniors, and since that great season as freshman, they, together with Wilson, had suffered through two very painful years...
...buses. "We must smash this boycott," said Transport Minister Ben Schoeman. "It's only a test by the African National Congress of its power. If they want a showdown, they'll get it." But when one big Johannesburg chain store, accepting the government's get-tough advice, threatened to fire three Negroes for coming late to work, a strong hint of boycott by its customers changed its mind...