Word: toughs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Earlier, Bentsen became the third Democrat to support the embattled nomination, saying, "I hope that when I get the next chance to talk with John Tower about the tough job of keeping this country strong, it will be while he's in his new office at the Pentagon...
These protests were politically astute. Flynn was forced to answer tough questions about the poor condition of city schools, as the press paid significant attention to parents' claims that they were unsatisfied with the quality of their children's education...
Lifford started off with a tough 3-2 win against Navy's number-four player. He was then upset by Sam Crew, Franklin and Marshall's number-two player...
...Bush may be handing over the economic throttle to Greenspan by failing to take any tough deficit-reduction measures that might remove the heat from prices and interest rates. The Administration has little real chance to hit the Gramm-Rudman target without a tax increase, which Bush has ruled out, or politically unpopular spending cuts, which the President seems loath to initiate. Bush's strategy of leaving the hard choices to Congress has led so far to budget gridlock. Concedes a senior Administration official: "If Congress accepts our budget, economic growth and inflation and interest rates will take care...
...tanks. Streets blockaded by burning tires. Helmeted troops firing into crowds of rioters. Night after night, such images once gave television viewers around the world a chilling picture of South Africa's racial and political turmoil. But when Pretoria declared a state of emergency in June 1986 and imposed tough new press-censorship regulations, the scenes of violence suddenly disappeared. So, to a large extent, did television's interest in the story. As a result, there has been a significant drop in network coverage of South Africa...