Word: tougher
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...this grim economic news represents Sarkozy's return to hard reality, where essentials won't turn around and pick up with a rousing performance or deft spin of events," says Dominique Reynié, a political analyst at the Foundation of Political Sciences in Paris. "His initial successes involved passing tougher immigration law, opening up cabinet posts to leftist politicians, raising France's profile in international affairs - all things that produce big headlines, but whose real impact are hard to measure. And with economic worries now overtaking that earlier buzz, I think it's fair to say Sarkozy has failed...
...deposits in Indonesia and Brunei. But now, global instability and rising demand from India and China have spiked oil prices to over $80 per barrel, and governments are nationalizing major fields from Russia to Venezuela. At the same time, as offshore technology improves, oil firms can hunt in deeper, tougher waters, like the Timor Gap between Australia and East Timor. So the region has exploded with oil fever. Vietnam plans to explore in seven offshore blocks, Malaysia this summer launched the deepwater Kikeh field, and Indonesia expects production from its vast Cepu oil field to start next year. East Timor...
...years ago, the metal-on-metal design was re-introduced in the U.S. with some small structural modifications. Manufacturers are now hyping and marketing it hard to orthopedists - and to the lay public, even harder. The marketers say the new generation metal-on-metal hips should be longer lasting, tougher and most importantly, almost impossible to dislocate...
...think our defensive staff really did an outstanding job, and that’s our history, we do a pretty good job of finding out what they do best and then trying to take it away from them,” Murphy said. “We made it tougher to throw the ball...
...Williams, a second-team All-Ivy selection a year ago, he’s getting used to making it tougher for opposing quarterbacks to throw the ball...