Word: toughness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...What a tremendous home win for us against a team that’s been playing really well—a tough team to prepare for and to play against,” head coach Tommy Amaker said. “I told our kids that I was impressed with how they handled this game. Just the way they were able to fight back and make a game of it in the first half...
...killing three individuals is a tough assignment for the military, and the dearth of targets offered by terrorist foes frustrates military planners. Too often, they end up bombing chemical-weapons factories that turn out to be pharmaceutical plants (as in Sudan in 1998) or vainly firing missiles that do little more than rustle the flaps on terrorists' tents (in Afghanistan the same year). Such strikes run the risk of highlighting America's impotence rather than its might...
...important, invaluable, [considering] the fact that we were beat up a little bit mentally with the losing streak,” Donato said. “It’s tough to really refresh, rejuvenate yourself without stepping away from...
Although the Crimson (6-4) has posted a perfect 5-0 home record, it couldn’t extend its three-game winning streak against a tough Red Fox squad (8-4) that held Harvard to just 30 points in the first half after the Crimson had been averaging 83 points per game during its win streak...
Waxing nostalgic about this decade is going to be tough. And not just because there's plenty--from 9/11 to the financial apocalypse--we'd rather forget. No, the trouble is that when we tell our grandkids about the first decade of the 21st century, we may not know what to call...