Word: tougher
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Nonetheless, as many parents can attest, weaning your kid off Mario can be tougher than confiscating the Cocoa Puffs. When Kathy Gregovich of Roseville, Mich., suggests to her children Jacob, 9, and Ashley, 6, that they put away the Game Boy and play a board game, "they go through withdrawal," she says. "If they had a choice between playing with electronic games and a friend, they would pick the games." --With reporting by Leslie Whitaker/Chicago
...election returns. The center of that fraud was at Kuchma's office. The Cabinet and a number of regional bodies acted as major subcontractors, so the Cabinet's resignation is only logical. WHAT IF THE CABINET DOESN'T RESIGN? The conflict will escalate. The public will take a much tougher stand, demanding that parliament's resolution to have the Cabinet fired be complied with. The second venue of escalation concerns President Kuchma. The parliament's decision to fire the Cabinet has not been followed by him. WHAT WILL THE OPPOSITION DO? Most likely, parliament will take over the President...
...single simple plan,” Cline said. “But we’re looking on many, many fronts: finding different ways of acquiring materials so we can keep some of our processing costs in balance, we’re looking at tougher negotiations on some vendor contracts, we’re looking for many ways of using the library resources budget as carefully as possible...
...expected a tougher match in the lower order,” said Crimson coach Satinder Bajwa, adding that it provided a good simulation of upcoming matches against more challenging opponents like defending league and national champion and No. 1 Yale and No. 2 Trinity...
...previous seasons, Harvard has typically only had one match before the break, which Bajwa said was inadequate preparation for the freshman when the new players were confronted with a heavy three-week slate of tougher opponents. The more balanced schedule should provide the team with better grounding for the grueling February stretch...