Word: toughness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ultramasculine tough guy who shows no emotion, whether fear, pity or love. Another is the country's political system, which is as impenetrable to outsiders as the inner workings of the Kremlin. It combines some of the best and worst features of democracy and despotism under a banner of revolutionary rhetoric that no one heeds...
Appearances deceive. "Don Pepe," says an admiring countryman, "is a real he-man." Far from being an otherworldly intellectual, Lopez Portillo is a tough-minded leader with an abrasive streak and a bent for professorial oratory: he often salts his speeches with fire-and-brimstone references to the Aztec past. During his state of the union address, for example, in speaking of the oil spill in the Bay of Campeche, he made references to an ancient god and the Aztec mistress of the Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortes. "In the depths of this flaming well," he intoned, "we Mexicans have seen...
...help you, don't come back a second time." Well, I'd rather not go to Washington at all; I'd rather figure out another way. If I found a rich Arab, I'd take him in a minute and under some pretty tough conditions. I say to Miller and group: "Hey, don't get mad at me, I'm new here too." They reply: "Geez, we wish you'd go away. You picked a lousy time to start going bankrupt-just before the New Hampshire primary...
...kind of double bill any actress would trade her residuals for, Jill Clayburgh, 35, who rose to prominence in Semi-Tough and An Unmarried Woman, stars in two wildly different new films: a dark European drama and a light Hollywood comedy...
...Rose Kennedy, 89, matriarch of the Kennedy clan; after undergoing surgery to repair an intestinal hernia; in Boston. "The operation went well," her physician reported. "She's a tough old gal. She was swimming just two days...