Word: toughness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...accordance with China's usually stern practice, sentences have been tough. At least five people have been executed in the past month for crimes ranging from embezzlement to murder. Even in cases involving juvenile offenders, the courts show little leniency. Rejecting arguments that teen-age criminals should be forgiven for their mistakes, the Tianjin Daily sternly warned: "All criminals must be punished according to the laws...
...reason for this tough attitude is that most of the crime is apparently being committed by youths. The Chinese press routinely blames the pernicious influence of Mao's widow Jiang Qing (Chiang Ch'ing) and her deposed Gang of Four. In fact, one principal cause is unemployment, particularly among millions of middle-school graduates who turn to street crime or black-marketeering to get some sorely needed cash...
Those two events, the mile and two-mile relay, will feature several of the Crimson's strongest runners combined in a couple of squads that will be tough for any team to beat...
...Carlson was a very hard hitter," Bell said. "That made it tough for me to mix in my short stuff, and he was varying his shots well," he added...
...saved the team from a loss. Phills' opponent, B.U.'s Walter Vaughn, looked too tired to put up a fight. The freshman waited patiently for Vaughn to falter and then fed him a steady diet of tie-up noves, waltzing away with an 18-6 win. "Jim fought a tough bout," co-captain Doug Mason said. "He used brains and pulled us out of the fire...