Word: tougher
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...don’t let that record fool you. Coming out of the Big 10—“the toughest conference in the country, even tougher than the Pac 10” according to Graham—it’s nothing to sneeze...
...Attorney-General Philip Ruddock, had no ministerial experience. But the conservatives have put their stamp on the country, improved their party organization and employed the privileges of office to keep themselves in power. Howard became P.M. with a huge parliamentary majority; implementing his convictions - tax and industrial-relations reform, tougher gun laws and cultural realignment - cost him some of his electoral buffer at the 1998 poll. Three years later, his uncompromising border protection stand saw him increase his margin...
...than coercing students to study abroad with an “expectation,” the College should focus on making sure every student who wants such an international experience can have one. And it should also stick to enriching the Harvard experience here in Cambridge with the proposed tougher language requirement. That way, the College would open up the world to Harvard students without forcing them out of the country...
...conditions at Greater Bay Golf Course in Somers Point, N.J. were anything but ideal. The course—which in the past has hosted Ladies Professional Golf Association events—set up even tougher than normal...
...Americans." A Whitehall official said Jackson's remarks were the tip of an iceberg, "very, very significant. There's a lot of concern about Fallujah. The professionals are worried. That's slowed down" consideration of the Pentagon's request. British officers know the U.S. zone is a tougher neighborhood than their turf in Basra. Despite their embarrassment when pictures of British soldiers apparently beating and urinating on an Iraqi captive surfaced last week, they are convinced their general approach of nourishing relationships with locals through constant contact and patient negotiation could help the Americans defuse violence - and obtain good intelligence...