| These falsetto-led odes to love and innocence requiring precise singing were born on street corners among gangs of toughs. |
| Joe's relatives tell him to stick to his own kind, yet the toughs that beat him up don't see him as of their own class. |
| Of course, we could only laugh up our sleeves at the local toughs, eschewing violence as we did. |
| He has written that academics work more insidiously than the street toughs they effectively team up with on occasion. |
| All this makes European football look like one of those dingy dive bars where a dozen or so swarthy, unshaven toughs chase two or three belles. |
| Groups of toughs would observe and point out the best actions, or ridicule the softies who couldn't cope. |
