Word: toughness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Reliable. The machine clanked to a dismal crawl. But handsome William F. Meade, a 44-year-old ex-ward leader who had mounted to the driver's seat only three days before the scandals began, seemed almost pleased. A tough, square-jawed Irishman, he had come to the chairmanship of the Republican Central Campaign Committee from the squalid slums of the Tenth Ward (known as the Old Reliable because it never fails to produce a Republican majority). He went to work at 14, climbed up through the machine's hierarchy by ambition, hustle, a fast smile...
...past 16 years has been quietly building up a loyal following among Detroit's foreign-born groups. The runner-up, and Cobo's November rival: Harvard-trained Council President George Edwards, 35, a onetime organizer for the C.I.O.'s Auto Workers. Edwards will buck a tough precedent in November: a U.A.W. candidate has yet to win a Detroit mayoralty election...
...tough fighters or bright young men were being developed in the unions to take their places. The class barriers of the bad old days had enriched the labor movement by keeping men of ability like Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin within the working class. Latter-day Bevins would not be forced to work as dockers or pop vendors. With government scholarships, bright boys would end up as smooth-tongued Oxford dons like Board of Trade President Harold Wilson. The gap between Labor Party men in the government and the men in the unions was growing...
...Laurent pondered the extremes that faced him and his country. The fine legal mind, famed in Canadian courts for its ability to arrive at sense-making compromises, was at work trying to find middle way. St. Laurent was confident that it could be found. "We have been up against tough situations before," he said. "The Western World has always managed somehow...
...kids around Chicago's tough, slummy Division Street had a game called Let Her Fly. It was easy to learn, and it was a dandy game because it made the winner feel good and the loser feel terrible. All the player had to do was wrap up some garbage, sneak up on his opponent and slam it in his face. But the play had to be fair & square. Just before the pitch the thrower had to yell...