Word: toughness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Creamy Jacket. In the midst of his domestic labors, he ran head-on into the tough, touchy Palestine problem. With rare irritation, Harry Truman informed a delegation of anxious Congressmen that he had no time to discuss the matter with them. He had too much else on his mind...
...contradictions; peace has brought almost no benefits and few concrete suggestions for immediate remedy are forthcoming. Yet, were the Labour Government to stand for reelection today, it would win easily. Completely unlike most Americans with their native optimism, most Englishmen face the future realistically: England will have a tough time during the next few years, and no government can work an overnight miracle...
...Mother's little angel seems to turn to demon overnight. For Six, life is duplex. He seesaws between yes & no, love & hate, laughter & tears, chocolate & vanilla. A tough first-grade teacher who insists on his learning the three Rs may give Six a stomachache; he would rather play games. This little extravert loves praise, can't stand criticism, frequently confuses "thine" with "mine...
British moviemakers, puzzled by U.S. cinemorality, want a serious answer to this question. For the past fortnight, the man who knows all anyone needs to know about U.S. censorship has been in London trying to explain it in simple English. It is a tough job-even for the Johnston Office's jowly, jolly Joe Breen. No. 1 U.S. "interpreter" of the Hollywood morality Code...
Peter: "We love sweets like babies, we don't love no lumps of cheese, and tough bread, no we just like to eat soft stuff, soft bread, soft ice cream, soft chocolate, soft mush, soft potatoes, soft jam, and peanut butter, we don't except at a little meat we don't really chew. . . . Soft eats make soft...