Word: toughness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...until after the Feast of Unita!" They were right; soon a hot sun enveloped the crowds as they watched bicycle races and boxing matches, played roulette, danced, drank, threw baseballs (50 lire for three shots) at caricatures of priests and bishops and of Premier Alcide de Gasperi and tough Interior Minister Mario Scelba, who was by far the most popular target...
...Tough Opponent...
...talk punctuated by firecrackers, Valpey implored students for support. "Gentlemen of Harvard," he said, "it will be tough if you treat the team lightly. And if you should sit and criticize during the week, it will be awfully tough. We're in a tough league, and we need cheers...
...good football team becomes great only by playing opponents which force it to exploit all its resources. Cornell's schedule shows no very tough games, except perhaps against Pennsylvania, now that both Army and Navy are off the list, which leaves the team in the tragic position of being merely very good instead of great...
...year's three-up and 20-down wonders. He leans back, grins, and says "I might as well make the usual coach's comment. Things look encouraging." Shepard is going to teach his boys, the same fast-break type of ball he played himself; his schedule is a "reasonably tough...