Word: toughly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Tough. Montgomery's whites reacted complacently. The city commission went through the barest motions of offering compromises, e.g., the Negroes were promised that the bus drivers would show them "partial courtesy." Mayor W. A. ("Tacky") Gayle appointed a committee to negotiate with the Negroes-and named as a member the head of the local White Citizens' Council...
When the false armistice failed, Mayor Tacky Gayle ordered a get-tough policy. Gayle and his city commissioners made a great show of joining the White Citizens' Council. (Said Police Commissioner Clyde Sellers: "I wouldn't trade my Southern birthright for 100 Negro votes.") Police harassment followed: King was arrested for speeding; Negro car-pool drivers were haled into court for trivial violations...
...other hand, the Crimson figures to outclass Yale completely. Whether or not the running points can offset the field events deficit is the key to the meet. If the meet should have to go down to the final relays, the Crimson should win the mile, but will have a tough time taking the two-mile. McCurdy is hoping the meet will not be that tight...
...bottom four players, who thus far have shown a marked inexperience in tough match play, will attempt to make use of some of the hard knocks they received at the hands of Navy and Princeton and return to the victory column against Dartmouth...
...social change in a large area is a slow, tough process. But when it becomes insurmountable, the basic structure of democracy has collapsed," he said...