Word: toughly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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David yanked hard on the reins, and Tony stopped short. Ike quickly reprimanded his grandson: "Easy, easy. Always remember that a horse has just as tender a mouth as you have." Explained David, looking as curbed as Tony: "But I have to be tough with him, so he'll know who's riding him." Indefatigably, the photographers next asked Ike to pat Tony. Sighing, Ike complied, addressing his feelings to Tony: "All right, Tony. They insist on getting a picture of you being patted." Off the Wagon. Susan got restless in the cart, delivering her only comment...
...India." With all the talent, affability and wile at their command, Soviet Communism's two traveling salesmen plunged into the competition last week. In legislative halls and banquet rooms, at ancient shrines and new construction projects, in plush drawing rooms and crowd-crammed streets, with merry quips, tough speeches and promises tossed out like rose petals, they wooed the great uncommitted mass (1,140,000 sq. mi.) and minds (356,891,-624 people) of the world's second most populous nation. With their mission less than half done, the anti-Communist Times of India was moved to admiration...
Minus its most dependable player and leading scorer, the 1955-56 edition of the varsity basketball team opens a tough 24 game schedule tonight against Amherst. Game time...
When this season opened, Cherberg wasn't expected to have much of a team. Playing in the tough Pacific Coast Conference, Cherberg had compiled a poor 2-8 season the year before. But to everyone's surprise, the Huskies defeated Idaho, Minnesota, Oregon, and even Southern California in the first four weeks of the season. Cherberg was a hero, for against Southern Cal the year before the Huskies had lost, 41 to 0. The backfield star for Washington was Sandy Lederman, a quarterback from Santa Monica, and his teacher was his old coach from high school, backfield coach Jim Sutherland...
...exceptionally profitable afternoon for Michigan State, but on the West Coast, U.C.L.A. served notice that a Rose Bowl victory might cost the Spartans a great deal more than their tickets to Pasadena. Even without the services of Pinup Boy Ronnie Knox, U.C.L.A. was far too tough for its cross-town rival, U.S.C. Behind the bruising drive of Tailback Sam Brown and Fullback Bob Davenport, the Bruins overpowered the Trojans 17-7, won their third straight Pacific Coast Conference championship and the unenviable privilege of trying to bottle up Michigan State's multiple offense come New Year...