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• n  the property of being big and strong
• n  the quality of being topologically uneven
  the ruggedness of the mountains
• n  the quality of being difficult to do
  the ruggedness of his exams caused half the class to fail

• After boiling down results of all the tests for accuracy, ruggedness, general fitness for combat, the board rated the rifles: 1) Springfield; 2) Garand; 3) Johnson; 4) Winchester.
• Their fantastic fables are filtered through a peasant ruggedness; their images are as clear as a Giotto fresco; the actors find precision in the volcanic gestures of Italian opera.
• Still, the SBX has, in fact, spent about a month in Alaskan waters to test its ruggedness in rough weather, from which it emerged unscathed.

• huskiness
• toughness
• hardness

News & Articles

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• iGear's Announces Second Generation Rugged iPad Case Made for Schools
  Designed with schools' needs in mind, the iPad Slim Tough Case offers proven drop protection of up to 20ft, multi-layer rugged construction in 6 bright colors, and a thin profile designed to fit in virtually any iPad charging cart on the market. The second generation product improves on ruggedness with a built-in screen protector, and a more sturdy case with thicker padding. (PRWeb June 25, 2013 ...
  June 25, 2013 - PRWeb
• LaCie's sexy Porsche Design Slim SSD P'9223
  In the five years that I've been blogging for TUAW, I've watched as the industry has shifted from USB 2.0 and FireWire 400 drive interfaces to USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt. Drives have also made a migration from spinning platters to solid-state drives (SSDs), providing more power efficiency, speed, and ruggedness. LaCie has recently released the Porsche Design Slim SSD P'9223 (US$149.99), an ...
  June 24, 2013 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Quotes

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• Alan Shepard in Tehran Times
  Another problem was that the ruggedness and unevenness of the terrain made it very hard to navigate by landmarks, which is the way a man on foot gets around,wrote Shepard, who died in 1998, in an account of the mission for NASA's History...
• Jimmy Carter in Bucyrus Telegraph Forum
  He was bigger than life. In an age of few heroes, he was the genuine article. But he was more than a hero. He was a symbol of so many of the qualities that made America great,said former President Jimmy Carter. "The ruggedness, the tough...
• Bob Corker in Maryville Daily Times
  I realize these mountains speak best for themselves,said US Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn. "Out of these mountains came a culture that not only shaped two great states, but shaped this country -- a culture of individual ruggedness, something...