Word: toughness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...reckoning with a force which cannot be handled successfully by a 'Get tough with Russia' policy. . . . Throughout the world there are numerous reactionary elements which had hoped for Axis victory . . . [and] continually try to provoke...
...tough segment of U.S. labor was out of hand. Last week the nation's merchant fleet was tied up tight, the nation's ports were dead. This week there was some reason to expect a settlement of the biggest maritime strike in history, but only on labor's terms. The little moral authority which the Administration had left was wrecked...
...week's end, owners, A.F.L. and N.M.U. eyed each other, fought, threatened, broke off negotiations. N.M.U., to show how tough it was, even yanked its men off security watches aboard the struck ships, leaving them and their cargoes unprotected from fire, storm, accident or decay. Owners pleaded for the Coast Guard...
From the Crimson's first opponent this year, Connecticut, comes a cautiously worded spate of pre-season dope. "Head Coach J. O. Christian has used several backfield combinations during the past week in an effort to assemble his most effective unit for the opener against Harvard." This notably tough team, is made tougher by the presence of a Mr. Trojanowski, who played fullback for Connecticut Huskies last year, and was at season's end, conceded to be one of the finer backs in New England. So what do they say about him? "Wall Trojanokski is set for a starting role...
...Tough as it was for G.I.s, postwar readjustment has been even tougher for wartime troop ships. Last week the U.S. Maritime Commission sadly reported that no one seemed to want the nation's No. 1 luxury liner, the S.S. America, very much. Finished too late (August 1940) to go into transatlantic service, she made only a few West Indies cruises before the Government converted her into a troop transport. As the West Point, she traveled some 500,000 miles with 350,000 servicemen...