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We made the tough decision to patiently wait until the business climate returned to normal, and for those of us in North America and Europe, the result was a decrease in the industry by over 50%.

Their slogan at the next election should be "We gave you the Human Rights Act so we could be tough on the victims of crime.

It begins with a cross country run, dodging electric fences and then the pack of "tough guys" and "wet necks" come across the first of the 16 obstacles, including the Vietcong Tunnels, Dragon Pool and Flanders Field.

Gary Gallas, president of Andrews Decal Company in Chicago, IL, USA, says, "Products that we have printed have been used on power tools, sporting goods, some toys, and some outdoor power equipment like lawn mowers and snow throwers." He also cites heating and ventilation systems, consumer type electronics and some vehicle applications, such as parking registration stickers for outdoor use, as applications for tough duty labels.

The idea that Americans might be more compassionate about immigrants than they let on is a tough one for hard-liners to comprehend.

More balanced compensation of cash and share-related rewards helps to keep all directors representing all the shareholders and doing their job, even when times are tough and options on common stock look worthless.

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"There was a lot of questioning and crazy rhetoric that the bill would slam the door on all future shareholder lawsuits," he says, citing Cox's tough stance in the face of enormous pressure from the House Commerce Committee while preparing his shareholder bill back in 1995.

But let it be known--the major threat to survival is not increasingly tough competition or even aging facilities (OK, it's that too).

Men, on the other hand, are encouraged from boyhood to be tough and thick-skinned and to hide their softer emotions.

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In her memoir, Front Row at the White House, she writes, "When it comes to the Presidential news conference, I have never lost my sense of awe that I am able to quiz a President of the United States--politely I hope, but if necessary to hold his feet to the fire." Elsewhere in the book, she quotes Richard Nixon as telling her, "You always ask tough questions, tough questions not in the sense of being unfair, but hard to generalize the answers."

The title of this article, "When the going gets tough ...

The precipitating cause is a tough and determined stand by the Bush Administration for stronger regulation.

'Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime' was coined by Tony Blair and Alun Michael, when they ran the Shadow Home Office team in the early 1990s.