Word: tougher
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...people know that capitalism is a spectacle of hope and greed and guts and guile, all racing toward the bottom line. That is its genius, but without guardrails, the whole contraption can take us over a cliff. On Wednesday the Senate voted 97-0 for a program far tougher than the one the President had proposed and even the Republicans in the House were climbing aboard. Unless Congress and the President get serious about reform, Senator John McCain warned in a combative speech, "the damage done by these scandals will outlive most of us in this room...
Unlike the Temple and Britannia Cups which featured a full slate of 32 competitors, the tougher Ladies’ Challenge Plate fielded just six boats. With a first-round bye, the Harvard first varsity required just two races to win the title...
...stirring moral lecture, but critics lined up to pillory the limited enforcement measures Bush proposed to rectify the situation. Even his own party wants more; by Thursday the Senate was debating tougher proposals to protect investors, and Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert endorsed those, rather than Bush's more limited remedies. Investors appeared unimpressed with either; the Dow lost nearly 700 points for the week, and closed Friday below...
...Peacekeeping in Iraq could be even tougher. Like Afghanistan, Iraq is divided along ethnic and tribal lines, and fear of its potential breakup as a state was one reason that restrained the first Bush administration from going all the way in 1991. Like Afghanistan, its internal divisions are of direct national security concern to its neighbors, particularly Turkey and Iran. And its Arab neighbors to the west are reluctant to see any weakening in the power of a state long regarded as the Arab world's bulwark against the geopolitical ambitions of Iran's revolutionary Shiites. But unlike Afghanistan, Iraq...
...hump into two pieces and roast one in a Dutch oven set on the bottom of the fire and skewer the other on a metal pole laid over the fire. Both techniques produce a dry version of buffalo, which tastes a whole lot like beef, if a tiny bit tougher and leaner. It would be much better grilled, but it is still pretty good. It also might be better if Leandra hadn't insisted on putting a pile of dried buffalo dung into the fire right under...