Word: tougher
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...Brown Invitational tournament, Harvard highlights included a doubles bracket one win for Tim Wu and Cam Parker—the duo combined for an 8-5 win over Bucknell’s Jonathan Brenner and Gregg Cohenca in the decisive final game. While the tougher tests are yet to come for the Crimson, its performance over a hectic weekend and scope for development certainly provides encouragement. “The guys are working hard to maximize what they do, and that’s really our goal this year—consistency,” Fish said...
...Monday's Chapter 11 filing by Lehman Brothers and the bailout of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America have only added to a yearlong credit crunch that is changing the way film financing deals are structured in Hollywood. Not unlike homebuyers facing tougher standards to get a mortgage, the people who greenlight movies are facing more stringent demands from their financiers. "All of the studios, if they want to get a deal done in this environment, will need to better align their interests with investors," says P. John Burke, a film finance lawyer at the firm Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer...
...return to NATO and the reinforcement of France's military presence in Afghanistan? The answer is yes, but with conditions. The blood tax paid by French soldiers accords France a central role in redefining the common strategy in Afghanistan, where the Western world cannot afford a defeat. Sarkozy's tougher tone toward Tehran, as well as his efforts to secure a climate of trust with Israel, can also be ranked as successes. Only hard-nosed diplomacy constitutes an alternative to war, and only an impartial go-between can be accepted by the two parties to conflict in the Middle East...
...We’ve gotten a lot of players in now in these types of tight situations.” Indeed, two overtime games against nonconference opponents can only help Harvard as it prepares for Ivy play beginning September 27 at defending league champion Penn. Next up: an even tougher opponent, 10th-ranked Boston College. Kickoff is scheduled for tomorrow at 4 p.m. at Chestnut Hill.“We took a lot from these games—now they’ve been there,” Leone said. “They know to be composed, to believe...
...military massacre still haunts Bolivian politics. Still, the pressure from his own support base may have prompted Morales to intervene in the wake of Porvenir. The sentiments expressed by Baqueros are typical: "People don't even fear the police anymore," she says. "The government has got to get tougher. Either they put an end to this madness or we will do it ourselves...