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Word: toughs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Harvard rugby club is having a tough time doing anything wrong these days...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., | Title: Ruggers Keep Rolling | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

...just on a roll," said wing David Bugler, who scored both Crimson trys. "We're having a tough time doing anything wrong right...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., | Title: Ruggers Keep Rolling | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

...years to get to the first Series," says America's designated hitter. "Now I wouldn't know what else to do in October." Still, he admits to feeling just a twinge of sorrow. "Especially in a championship year, you get close to the guys on your club. It's tough to move on." Not as tough as moving out, of course. And it helps to leave behind a little bit of yourself in a few of the younger players...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Classic Falls and Fall Classics | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

...republic, Albanians account for at least 77% of its 1.9 million inhabitants, a proportion that continues to increase. Fears of Albanian irredentism and tales of rape and murder of Serbs in Kosovo by Albanians stirred many of Yugoslavia's 8 million Serbs to demand a crackdown on Kosovo and tough leadership to implement it. The man and the hour met in 1986 when Slobodan Milosevic rose to power in the Serbian Communist Party and soon stirred up a wave of nationalist anger over Kosovo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Communism O Nationalism! | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

...privileged background is alien to the life experience of most Americans, kept harping on the word values as he proclaimed that he was in tune with "the heartbeat of the country." For Dukakis, who often seems closer in spirit to Roger Rabbit than Rambo, his mantra was the adjective tough. Whether it was tackling the "tough choices" on domestic spending or the "tough and difficult decisions" on Pentagon weapons, Dukakis used the word to portray himself as possessing the macho fiber to sit in the Oval Office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush Scores A Warm Win | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

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