Word: tougher
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...agreement has been brokered among the hardliners of both sides. The peace process had initially been built around moderate parties - David Trimble's Democratic Unionists and the Social Democratic Labor Party of John Hume - but voters from each community gradually opted to be represented at the negotiating table by tougher parties. A majority of Protestant voters thought Paisley's Democratic Unionist Party, which had rejected the earlier process, offered the best to chance to stop Sinn Fein from dominating; many Catholics felt safest being represented by Sinn Fein, the IRA's political allies...
Darmouth ace Russell Young had a tougher go of it, allowing seven runs on 11 hits in 5 2/3 innings of work. But neither team looked sharp as temperatures dropped and a light drizzle descended on O’Donnell Field...
...just really fired up to clinch,” junior pitcher Shelly Madick said. “I think it is tougher for them to think about defending...
...efforts the whole season: exert leadership, carry the load, set an example, all the things you’d hope anyone in any aspect of life would do,” Harvard coach Scott Anderson said.Flood dominated the faceoff X in what was pegged to be one of his tougher assignments of the year. Facing Bulldog junior Gregory DuBoff, the senior won 15 of 20 faceoffs, including seven of eight in the fourth quarter to give the Crimson a shot.“We have the luxury as a team where if we are able to score goals...
...have won nearly half the voters who in 2002 gave Jean-Marie Le Pen an 18% score. In the runoff Sarkozy will count on the rest plus Bayrou voters who share his focus on economic liberalization and cutting debt. Royal will pit her softer image against Sarkozy's tougher style. The odds favor Sarkozy, but the race is too close to call...