Word: toughness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...battlefield of his own choosing. Chen's 100,000 Red troops were ranged along a 35-mile stretch of Honan basin land below the Lunghai railroad. The core of Chen's force was made up of veterans of his slashing campaigns in Shantung province. These tough regulars were fleshed out with elements from the army of one-eyed Communist General Liu Po-cheng, and local Red guerrilla bands...
...scuffle a few days later in Lima's market place, his police arrested 15 men, four of them La Tribuna staffers, and charged them with trying to start a food riot. Intent on his middle way, Bustamante wanted to make clear that he would be just as tough with Apristas as he had been with right-wing plotters...
...that Bartók, Schönberg and the atonalists are not her dish, although she has always been willing to help pay the grocery bills. Some of her friends claim that at concerts of jangling modern music, she turns off her hearing aid when the going gets too tough...
...rainbow trout in Idaho's famed Silver Creek* are big, tough and smart. On still days, under bright sunlight, nothing can lure them up. It is best to wait until a cloud blots out the sun and a breeze ruffles the mirror-like surface. Then the trick is to hang on to the savage rainbows once you've hooked them...
...Bank of America has been the target for assorted stones from many a sling. For two years the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division investigated; off & on for eight years the Securities & Exchange Commission let fly, with everything from pebbles to paving blocks. Every shot bounced off the tough hide of old (78), imperious "A.P." Last week Bank of America reported record resources of $5,859,234,000, putting it farther out in front than ever as the biggest U.S. bank...