Word: toughness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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House games today are Lowell vs. Winthrop and Kirkland vs. Leverett. The Puritans and the Deacons are expected to win, but the Bellboys will be putting up a tough fight and may surprise the larger Winthrop team...
Kirkland, which shaded out Winthrop by a narrow margin in first downs to win the coveted championship last year, is going to have another tough struggle with the Puritans this Fall. The Deacons have a squad of 32 while Winthrop has turned out 25 strong...
Behind the elegant veneer of Bucharest society, Rumanian politics are murderously tough. The assassination of King Carol II, for instance, was recently all set to take place at a swank turf classic, according to Bucharest police. Nabbed by detectives in time's nick, the nonchalant plotters were said to have been caught preparing hand grenades, boldly confessing, "We were going to toss them into the Royal Box while everyone was watching the big race of the day." Significantly, Lloyd's of London not long ago refused to write insurance on the life of strong and healthy Rumanian Premier...
Last week it was time for him to come out of his hole. With Poland all but conquered, his Axis partner, Adolf Hitler, was free to help him if he talked tough to the Allies. But Partner Hitler had taken on another partner, Joseph Stalin; with him had carved Poland in two and threatened all the Balkans, where Italy has "vital interests." It was against every historical precedent for Italy to let Germany and Russia get away with the Balkans, but, on the other hand, if Germany knocked out Britain and France, Italy could clean up in the Mediterranean. Foxy...
...general rule, a tough barroom bouncer figures to hang a shanty on the most rambunctious college guy. After the brawly bouncing around that occurred last week in Philadelphia's Municipal Stadium, the rule still stood...