Word: toughly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...chill of the British crowds had begun to get under the skin of the burly Khrushchev, and he was obviously feeling edgy. So, for different reasons, was George Brown, a tough, belligerent trade unionist who is slated to become a minister if Labor gets back into office...
...easy to cover the annual meeting of the Welfare Federation, but it's tough to tell about the veteran probate judge who is stealing from estates in his trust. It's easy to reprint the police chief's report on how crime has declined each year, but rugged when you set out to document how policemen are mooching from the refrigerators of brothels. It's easy to talk about desegregation far away, but not right at home...
...prone to some diseases such as cancer eye and udder burn. The Aberdeen Angus, still growing in popularity, is first-rate under ideal conditions. But it has a reputation for being hard to handle. The hump-backed Brahman, immune to India's heat and insects, is undeniably tough, but so is its meat. A few massive, pale brown Charollaise have been imported from France via Mexico. But since 1937 they have been barred by foot-and-mouth disease laws, and the U.S. herd numbers only...
...Yardling 'B' team had an easy time of it yesterday afternoon as they stumbled through a 19-8 win over New Prep. Bill Brannan and Chuck sailstad pitched, while Dave Fairburn formed the other half of the battery. The Yardling 'A's' oppose two more tough teams at the end of the week when they take on B.U. on Friday and Dartmouth on Saturday...
...University of North Carolina tennis team came to town yesterday, still limping from a 9 to 0 defeat suffered at the hands of the University of Miami. The Southerners were expecting another tough contest with the Crimson, since the last two meetings between the squads produced a pair of very close matches...