Word: toughness
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...yells: "That's the end, right there." No chance for tickets, now. A crowd of people—including us—shrug shoulders and kick the dirt. Most pack up, disperse. Jun spots a friend and I encourage her to wrangle his extra ticket. Hey, it's a tough world and the lone wolf survives. No luck...
...institutions were no longer functional, all the major productive activity had come to a halt, except for Firestone. [But] the war provided an opportunity for reform. The total collapse of everything is a big challenge. But it does provide an opportunity to change things. That's the kind of tough transition that we're going through right now. Part of it has to do with a change in the culture, moving from dependency to self-reliance, mediocrity to good performance, dishonesty to accountability. That's a more difficult task than fixing the roads and restoring the lights...
Everybody has doubts and fear of failing. But look at Tiger Woods or any great athlete: when the going gets tough, that's when they turn into geniuses and most people turn into wimps...
...fact, the U.S. might turn out to be more competitive. American dominance has in recent years been a mixed blessing. Many countries got addicted to selling to American consumers and poured capital into the U.S. to keep the buying going. These inflows kept the dollar strong, making life tough for U.S. exporters; they also saddled Americans with the unsustainable debt loads that led to the financial crisis. Now no one abroad is willing to lend to deadbeat American households, and the U.S. government has temporarily taken over as the world's chief borrower and spender. But as we've just...
...lanky and earnest, with the loping stride of a long-distance runner - McChrystal runs 10 miles before his morning coffee - the general went to Afghanistan after a top job with the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington. He knows Afghanistan well. The conflict there, McChrystal told TIME, is a "tough war, a very tough...