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Word: toughness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Doutis said his fiancee's 90-year-old grandfather had been beaten to death; she herself had fled from her village, and her dowry was seized. This was an important matter, because it is tough to marry when there is no dowry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREECE: Glimpses of a Battlefront | 1/19/1948 | See Source »

Reached this afternoon for comment on the Harlow resignation, past and present members of Crimson football teams expressed surprise and sympathy over the sudden announcement. "It must be a tough blow to Dick to have to resign because of his health," said 1947 Captain Vince Movavec. "He so liked coaching. I'm sure that the whole team wishes him the best of luck in the future...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Players Regret Harlow Resignation | 1/9/1948 | See Source »

Milt. Buzby and Tom Drohan, free styler and diver, should take their events, although Buzby, who surprised all be winning against Tech, may face very tough competition indeed from the Cadet's Lamden, a Yale-trained transfer student the Point who shone in last year's meet here. In the breaststroke, an event which was taken handily against M.I.T., Captain Chuck Hoelzer leads the visitors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ulen Mermen Face Army in First Major Test Tomorrow | 1/9/1948 | See Source »

Crimson skaters may get a colder welcome home than they anticipated on returning to the Arena ice at 8 o'clock tonight. For a couple of months now the Chasemen have been looking forward to the Northeastern game as something of a breather after a tough road trip, but the resurgent Huskies have come up strong in two recent engagements to threaten seriously the prized reputation of two favorite Hub sons...

Author: By Robert W. Morgan jr., | Title: Skaters Meet Huskies Tonight at 8 | 1/7/1948 | See Source »

...government fighters knew they had a tough opponent in Vafiades, who uses the nom de guerre of "General Markos." Born 41 years ago at Kastononv, in Asia Minor, he worked as a bricklayer, painter, carpenter, grocer boy, street vendor, real-estate clerk, army private, tobacco worker, journalist. In 1924 he joined the Communists in Macedonia and edited a Communist workers' publication. His police file shows that he has been jailed at least eight times since 1929; that he is 5 ft. 7 in. tall, lean and muscular; that he has blue eyes, wavy chestnut hair and a mustache that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREECE: Out in the Open | 1/5/1948 | See Source »

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