Word: toughness
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...hard-hit Florida, are setting up shop with completely clean balance sheets. They've got millions of dollars in fresh capital to write loans - and to pursue borrowers cast aside by banks focused on mopping up the mess from the years of excess. "New banks see people having a tough time getting loans, plus their funding costs are cheap since rates are low and they pay next to nothing for deposits," says Richard Sylla, an economist at New York University's Stern School of Business. "There's a profit opportunity there." Odd as it may sound, it's a great...
...think it diminishes the credibility of all players. I think it definitely puts a cloud over everything. For the guys that haven't done anything and don't need to use anything, it's tough because we have to answer those questions and there is that cloud that does hang over us. I've always been that guy who never used steroids, never believed in it. It just felt like that's not me going out there and playing the game...
...struggled against Darren Oliver and Oliver Perez. I think anybody with the name Oliver right now. They're both great pitchers. Oliver Perez is tough on lefties because he'll switch up his angles; he changes up speeds very well, throws a slider and a big curveball. And Darren Oliver's got a nice little cutter that kind of keeps you off balance a little...
House Culture: Tepid. As the largest house, and one that happens to be divided amongst four non-adjoining buildings (including Dewolfe), it's got to be tough to build a defining house culture. Add to that the fact that many just don’t want to rep shirts that prominently feature these, and it certainly gets tougher. The Stein clubs are, in a word, WEAK. And Lev really lacks those iconic rooms that drive a healthy party scene (those of you who are of party grant age, do you ever remember a Lev party really turning it out?). FlyBy...
...solely at Congress rather than the popular President. As a result, Obama and his Administration rarely let a day go by without underscoring their commitment to fiscal responsibility - just as soon as they can afford it. "Of course, like every family going through hard times, our country must make tough choices," Obama said on Saturday in his weekly radio address. "In order to pay for the things we need, we cannot waste money on the things...