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Word: toughs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...wiser to say: "You get tough, we'll get tough. So let's be friends." War breaks out when one antagonist is sure the other is weaker. A sure way to see Peace break out therefore is to remain strong and healthy, leaving no opportunity for aggression. O. de Messieres...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Arms and the Poet | 5/10/1949 | See Source »

Like many a wife who suddenly finds herself a widow, tall and comely Margaret Chandler Porter had a tough choice. She could sell her husband's business, or try to run it-at the risk of running it into the ground. The business Claude Tillinghast Porter left behind when he died in 1946 was a wholesale paint firm (whose slogan was "The Painter's Friend"), the St. Louis outlet of his brother's thriving Porter Paint Co. of Louisville. Margaret Porter decided...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Painter's Friend | 5/9/1949 | See Source »

With Stratton to keep the facts straight and tough-minded Director Sam Wood (Command Decision, Pride of the Yankees, etc.) behind the cameras, The Stratton Story avoids the obvious temptations to jerk extra tears and belabor its moral. Jimmy Stewart plays Monty and, under Stratton's coaching, does a good deal of plausible (but not very hefty) hurling without calling in a double. Except for a bit of sly mugging in the early scenes, Stewart turns in a solid, heart-warming performance with some attractive short-stopping by June Allyson as Mrs. Monty. He also gets solid support from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, May 9, 1949 | 5/9/1949 | See Source »

...tough part is getting the esters in pure form. It takes long hours of work to construct the ester molecule, and when it's finally finished there are a lot of chemicals mixed in that nobody wants. When Friedman and Wolf find out how to get rid of them, they'll be ready for the crucial mouse-test...

Author: By John J. Sack, | Title: University's Chemists Try Mustard Gas to Wipe Out Cancer Growths | 5/4/1949 | See Source »

Freshman golfers lost their opening match Saturday on a tough course at Exter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '52 Golfers Lose | 5/2/1949 | See Source »

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