Word: toughness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...pennant-bound St. Louis Cardinals made it tough for themselves by succumbing to the lowly Pittsburgh Pirate, 6 to 4, last night, maintaining a one game lead over the idle Brooklyn Dodgers. Rookie Saffell's grand slam homer in the second eliminated starter Red Munger. Bill Werle gave the Cards, eight hits, going...
...snappy 68 to stay abreast of Britain's little Charlie Ward for the first 18 holes; Sam finally won, 6 and 5. But the best match of all was the last and deciding one, between Mangrum and Fred Daly. Said Mangrum after 18 holes: "This Irishman is tough; I had a 65 and I'm only one up." After lunch, Mangrum fell one hole behind before the pace told on Daly, who blew up and lost, 4 and 3. That match sunk the British (seven matches to five) and saved the neat little gold cup which has been...
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Scholarship is skillfully added to this apparently carefree scheme. Stanford stands high on any scholastic ranking of American colleges and is generally regarded the best in the West. Its faculty salaries have always been large enough to attract top men in all fields. Admission is as tough for Californians as Harvard admission is for Easterners...
Thirteen floors below the Hiss trial, 11 Communists made life no easier for those seeking answers. Did or did not the hedging testimony of the Party leaders mean that they were advocating revolution? And was the Smith Act constitutional? Tough questions, and they seemed tougher still in a court of law surrounded by pickets and counter-pickets...