Word: toughly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...take this too tragically," because he saw that "this was not the attitude of the entire Soviet leadership, but only of a section which had imposed its will on the others." In the end, to help them all out, Tito was willing to give his blessing to a tough character named Erno Gero whom the Russians wanted to fob off as a "Titoist" to ease the discontent in Hungary. It was Gero who first ordered the army to fire on the Hungarian rebels...
...significance of its own. Both the Hungarian radio and Polish press carried excerpts from it. Moscow did not, nor did the Bulgarian, Rumanian or Czechoslovak radios. The Italian Communist press featured it; the French Communist press attacked it. This unusual pattern was an indication of where the tough line was in control, and where...
Iraq (pop. 5,200,000) is the only Arab member of the anti-Communist Baghdad Pact. Egypt's chief rival for Arab leadership, Iraq was until recently counted a British preserve. Tough old Nuri es-Said, Iraq's strongman, is Britain's best Arab friend in the area, but under pressure of nationalists 1) announced publicly, after the Suez invasion, that Iraq will boycott all Baghdad Pact meetings attended by Britain, 2) told the U.S. privately that if he is to survive he must disengage from the British. Rich oil reserves, well spent on long-range development...
...boys do best. They have to. The Volunteers started the season with a squad that no self-styled expert took seriously. Of course, they had little Johnny (5 ft. 10 in., 162 Ibs.), and he could do anything with a football; they also had a couple of tough line men: End Buddy Cruze, Tackle and Captain John Gordy. But that was about all. Making the best of a bad situation, Coach Wyatt worked hard with his second-stringers, tried to build a club that could hold off the opposition while his stars caught their breath. His philosophy was disarmingly simple...
...tackles are Bide Thomas and Charles Griffith. Thomas, a 6-2, 205 pound strong man, was captain of the '53 freshman team, and is very tough. Griffith, not even listed on the pre-season roster, surprised everyone by making the squad and then by beating out senior Ken Jones. A sophomore, Griffith is 6-2 and 200 pounds even...