Word: toughed
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...them? That risks casting them as martyrs, victims who tell unpalatable truths. Expose the racism that often underlies professions of patriotism? Well, yes, but that assumes voters choose far-right parties in ignorance of their views, rather than because they strike a chord. Steal their nationalist thunder by taking tough lines on issues such as immigration? This smacks of capitulation to the very ideas critics seek to defeat...
...around the country's rigid foreign-investment restrictions. Members of the store have to be in business in order to do transactions in wholesale, but their families get cards that allow them to buy at retail prices. All sales are in cash. (Read how Walmart overcame India's tough business restrictions...
...rule is enshrined in the get-tough Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, which was intended to bring down drug kingpins and choke off the flow of crack. Research since has shown that many assumptions underlying the laws were flawed, such as the belief that crack is more dangerous than powder cocaine, making its users more violent. And they have had unintended consequences: putting away low-level street dealers rather than the big-time traffickers, with startling racial disparities. (Read "Can Amphetamines Help Cure Cocaine Addiction...
...everyone will be recommended for the H1N1 vaccine. The target group includes pregnant women, caretakers of infants, adults with chronic illnesses like diabetes and asthma and every child, teen and young adult between the ages of 6 months and 24 years. H1N1 is particularly tough on these populations. Pregnant women, for example, are more than four times as likely as others to be admitted to the hospital for the flu. Because the serum, which is still being developed, won't be ready until at least mid-October, full immunity may not kick in until early December - after the second doses...
...though, it doesn't mean there's no movement. The House, with its solid majority of Democrats and tight control by Nancy Pelosi and House Financial Services chief Barney Frank, is expected to move legislation early in the fall. Senator Chris Dodd, the Senate Banking Committee chairman, faces a tough re-election battle in 2010 and has every reason to push for a bill. His GOP counterpart, Shelby, is a potential obstacle, but aides say the 75-year-old Senator recognizes the need for change: no one wants a taxpayer-funded bailout like TARP to be the answer every time...