Word: toughness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Andy Sheridan was a tough guy from Manhattan's brawling East Side, as tough as his father had been before him. When Andy was eight, a neighborhood kid threw caustic in his face, damaging his eyes and giving his face a permanent squint. When he was twelve, his old man hauled him into New York's Children's Court and charged him with stealing his watch. The court sent "Squint" Sheridan to the Catholic Protectory for a year...
John McCloy saw a long, tough job ahead of him. Said he: "There can be no solution in Germany in three months, six months or a year. Even if progress takes ten years, it is good...
...Tough Decision. This week, after the votes were counted, Leopold's chances of returning home were still doubtful. The Catholics missed by three votes the 107 needed for a clear majority of the Lower Chamber. Probably more than three Liberals would be willing to join with them in voting for a plebiscite on Leopold. The Catholics, however, would rather govern in continued coalition with the Socialists (66 deputies) than with the Liberals (30 deputies). On the whole, the election represented an anti-Marxist swing. The rightist Liberal Party made the largest gain, and the Communists suffered the sharpest loss...
...Civil Aeronautics Board, which has often cautioned "irregular" airlines against becoming too regular, last week got tough. It ordered California's Standard Air Lines, one of the biggest irregulars, to stop flying by July 20. It also asked the Department of Justice to start criminal proceedings against Standard for willful violation of the Civil Aeronautics Act,*the first such action in CAB history...
When a girl has spent a lot of time and money fixing her face, it is tough to run slap into a wacky stranger who declares that he has fallen in love with her at first sight because she has the world's muddiest skin and largest pores. Should she decide that any compliment, no matter how disconcerting, is better than no compliment at all? Or should she tell the adoring stranger to mind his own damn business...