Word: toughness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...doubles the interest will probably centre in the work of Sears and Tayler, and Knapp and Thorne. In singles the result for first place can hardly be doubted; but a tough fight for second third prizes will probably be made by Taylor, Clark, Prinley, Thorne and Knapp. The playing will be done on the grounds of Trinity College, and the visiting players and friends will be the guests of Trinity students. The tournament begins on next Tuesday, the 7th, and not on Wednesday as stated before...
Messrs. Goodwin and Cornell, the coaches for the Columbia crews, think that notwithstanding the candidates for the Columbia university are light, they will give Harvard a tough struggle next June...
Take a little bit of tough...
...anxiety. To be sure, I had looked over a large number of stuffs, gorgeous, "prononce," "tony," and commonplace, with fair success. I flattered myself that my selection - influenced, I will confess, by the judicious taste of the salesman - would be approved by my friends as correct and even "tough," though not too marked. But nevertheless, while colors, shades, mixed goods, plain goods, and Scotch goods were dismissed from mind, there still remained the question of the cut, which I had promised to settle at some future time. A man's clothes at Harvard are somewhat like the ablative in Latin...
...half-past eleven car, the innocent prattle of the Freshmen may help to keep your temper from bursting out against this railroad monopoly, but it don't aid you in getting a seat. The twelve o'clock car is the real tough one, though; sometimes there is only standing room on top, but generally you can squeeze in. There is one thing attractive about this car, - the conductor often passes you by on account of the crowd, and thereby you get into the Union Railway for eight cents, which is most comforting. In the half-past twelve car you will...