Word: toughness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Gueiler is trying a more workable approach. Last week she announced a package of tough new policies. Among them: a stiff hike in the price of gasoline and other fuels and a 25% peso devaluation. But her tough new plan provoked a warning from the heads of the powerful Central Labor Federation, which had sponsored a general strike that helped propel Natusch from office. Workers, declared Federation Leader Juan Lechin Oquendo, "will not accept economic measures that affect their income." If Gueiler's new proposals are carried out, he threatened, his followers were ready to "struggle in the streets...
Charles Bluhdorn, the ultimate conglomerateur who merged some 150 companies into the $5 billion-a-year Gulf & Western Industries, is a tough, autonomous type, well known for his flamboyant and freewheeling manner. Last week, in a 60-page civil suit, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged G &W, Board Chairman Bluhdorn and Executive Vice President Don F. Gaston with "fraudulent courses of conduct...
After squandering a two-goal, third-period lead, the Crimson icemen hung tough and killed off five minutes of overtime penalties to tie Brown, 4-4, at Meehan Auditorium Saturday night. Harvard now sports a 2-2-1 record...
...Crimson record to 2-0, but the tough part of the season isn't until February, when the racquetmen meet Ivy League favorites Princeton and Penn. "We're the underdogs this year, but we've played well so far," Stubbs noted...
When it moved into the heavier weights the Crimson's lack of depth showed. Wesleyan captain Scott Steele, a former New England Champion at 167-lbs., gave freshman Wes Carrion a tough time. Carrion fought a good battle, but his inexperience slowed him down, and Steele bulldozed over...