Word: toughness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...knew by now that this was a part of a chain reaction in his nation's economic system, that soon about 1,250,000 Americans might be out on strikes that might last a long time, and might mean a very tough winter for him personally. He hoped that somebody would cut the chain before it cut into his own take-home pay. But he was not at all sure that somebody would or could...
Though he had two tough brothers, "Big Gangy" and "Little Gangy," Bummy took care of his own problems. When his opponents were too big he clouted them with a fearsome weapon-one of his mother's stockings with coal stuffed in the toe. For entertainment he dropped flower pots off fire escapes on passersby, and dodged the truant officer...
...talk and lively G.I. gags and through the human, antiheroic picture he paints of soldier life. But though he can squeeze out interest, he cannot distill feeling or significance. The theme of his play is a sense of comradeship which is not just part of a code and which tough, cynical soldiers can no more escape than they can explain. But Playwright Brown cannot explain it for them-or even make it seem real...
...League record blasted by a tremendous upset at the hands of Brown three weeks ago, the Elis came back in the second half of last week's Princeton game to gain a leg of the Big Three championship and begin a psychological upswing that will make them a tough team to beat at New Haven tomorrow afternoon...
...Charlie: Tough rap. No time off for good behavior? Why were you sent up for so long...