Word: toughness
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...office that promised consequence but never quite delivered on it, he had done something huge. The comparisons with Jimmy Carter would abruptly come to an end. He was now a President who didn't back down, who could herd cats, who was not merely intellectual and idealistic but tough enough to force his way. This is bound to change the landscape of American politics. It makes significant progress on other issues - financial reform, immigration, perhaps even the reduced use of carbon fuels - more plausible. It may give Obama new stature overseas, in a world that was beginning to wonder about...
Among the tough competition, Harvard’s sailors were able to prove their own mettle. Junior John Stokes was the most successful skipper of the weekend, leading the B boat to a second place finish. Stokes’s boat excelled out of a field of twenty, as it snatched two first-place and four top-four finishes on Sunday while racing with Bock...
...randomly got pushed into this sport by my primary school gym teacher—he was the varsity wrestling coach,” O’Connor explained. “He must have recognized that I was a tough little crab running around in PE class. He said, ‘Why don’t you come be [the wrestling team] manager...
...prepared as I should have been,” Tachibana said. “But I stayed tough to pull out the second and third sets...
...complete the Crimson’s shutout, freshman Alexandra Lehman faced a tough match at No. 5, where she played for the first time this season. After winning the first set, 6-2, she dropped the next...