Word: toughness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...airlanes-and its women-as his granddaddy would have known the way stations on the Overland Trail. So he went into business on a shoestring as Horizons, Unlimited, and took for his trademark an old Navajo double-eagle design (see cover). His first customer would be a tough one: a wolverine of Wall Street, slinky Copper Calhoon...
...little ones, a grind that would wear out most pro golfers. By sheer persistence, he had earned $12,000 in prize money (compared to $50,000 his first season as a tennis pro). His score varied between seven under par and seven over par. Says Vines: "Tennis got too tough for me. I was beginning to age, and Don Budge helped me decide to get out of it. I can continue as a golfer for years-in tennis...
...tough week for those who believe that every day, in every way, things are getting better & better...
...Harold Russell, an ex-sailor who has a couple of steel hooks where his elbows end. As vice-president in charge of small loans, March finds it difficult and against his nature to insist on "bankers' collateral" on every loan he makes to ex-servicemen. Russell finds the sledding tough and believes that his sympathetic parents and girlfriend have only pity for his plight. Andrews runs into trouble--with a floozy boomtown bride, with his soda-jerk job, and with March's young daughter, played by Teresa Wright, with whom he falls in love. All this adds up to considerable...
Heralded as one of the best Freshman wrestling teams in recent Harvard history, the Yardlings proved they will be tough to beat for the rest of the season as they showed good men in seven of the eight positions. The Milton team although experienced in every class was no match for the Yardling spirit and wrestling know...