Word: toughness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...first to last, Champion is a tough-minded, penetrating character study which makes Midge neither an inhuman monster nor a whining victim of circumstances. It simply focuses a hard glare on his unreflective brutality, his arrogance and his bursts of self-interested decency. Much of its punch comes from the sensitive performances of Arthur Kennedy and Paul Stewart. Its final wallop it owes to Kirk Douglas, who fills out every corner of Kelly's unattractive pug with bulging assurance and conviction...
...many dead as were killed in Britain by bombs and rockets during the entire war. Hamburg's great port is virtually paralyzed and many of Hamburg's sea captains have become trolley car conductors. Nearly 30,000 seamen drift from one odd job to another. Even the tough waterfront has lost its rowdy vitality. In the dark alleys, these nights, the stillness is broken now & then by the shuffling gait of a homeless seaman or the importuning of a hard-working streetwalker, dragging a drunken, crippled U-boat veteran who staggers along on his crutches...
...Asia. Last week Karen tribesmen, mostly Baptist, held much of Burma's richest land. They had taken Mandalay, and were in control of the Irrawaddy valley; their guns ringed the capital, Rangoon. Two months ago whole regiments of Karens rose in open rebellion against the government. The tough hill tribesmen, led by a handsome ex-Rangoon lawyer, Saw Ba U Gyi, had grown tired of waiting for the infant Burma Union to grant their demand for a separate state. They planned their attack for a propitious time, and then they struck...
Reason for suspension was that Colombia had just about succeeded in pricing itself out of the oil business. While Venezuela's tough but sense-making petroleum code fostered a billion-dollar industry, Colombia's confusing, ultra-nationalist oil laws had crippled efforts to develop resources. It often took ten years to get an exploration concession through Colombian courts. After that, the million dollars spent on drilling a new well would be subject to tax whether oil was found or not. Extra-legal riders of one sort or another jacked royalties as high as 25%; the total government take...
Living Jobs. Hustling, hard-driving Fred Bohen is a cheerful insomniac (he sometimes works until 4 a.m.) who likes to tackle tough advertising accounts himself, drops into retail stores to find out first-hand who is buying what, and barrages his staffs with ideas. He has also stopped the presses when struck by a better idea. But Bohen and Vice President Meredith (who helps manage the business side) usually let veteran Editor Frank McDonough, 43, run things...