Word: tougher
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...that image hides a tougher, Hollywood-mogul side--especially in recent years, since Miyamoto, 51, has become more manager than creator. Eiji Aonuma, director of Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, tells of Miyamoto's habit of coming in at the end of a game's gestation to "upend the tea table"--a phrase that harks back to what Japanese fathers used to do when they didn't like what was for dinner. The boy who never grew up is not afraid to make a mess if he doesn't get what he wants...
...George W. Bush has to prove he?s doing something about the economy too, but the President faces a tougher challenge. He can?t propose bold action either, because Republicans believe the less government gets involved in the economy the better. Bush has already passed his biggest economic proposal - his tax cuts. All he wants to do now is make those tax cuts permanent and try to decrease the cost of doing business by limiting lawsuits and getting rid of ?unnecessary? regulations and reporting requirements. None of this is as exciting as invading another country, but Bush spends...
...They changed pitchers, and we didn’t do a very good job of sitting back and doing what we had been doing [to succeed],” Mann said. “It was slower pitching, and it got tougher for us to be patient and wait—we got anxious, and we were getting ourselves out while they were stringing together these dinky hits for one big inning...
...Honestly, once we get out of conference, the level of competition is just as tough or sometimes tougher,” senior thrower BreeAnna Gibson said...
BUZZ Bob Woodward took a first look at the inner workings of the Bush Administration following 9/11 in Bush at War. Some thought he was too kind. Will his second, Plan of Attack, due out in April, be tougher...