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Greece would immediately announce a regime of inflation targeting and would have to adopt a set of tough fiscal rules, monitored by a body of independent experts.

Not only are losses spiraling, but also lawmakers are on the verge of passing a set of tough new consumer protections that could have a devastating effect on profits.

Mr Mbeki and a team of friends Trevor Manuel as finance minister, Tito Mboweni at the central bank pushed through a set of tough economic reforms, known as GEAR (the Growth, Employment and Redistribution Plan), to cut the deficit, lower inflation, cut tariffs and bureaucracy and privatise some state firms.These reforms left opponents reeling.

In an overcrowded metropolitan region -- where people have often chosen their homes because of where their jobs are or their jobs because of where their homes are -- Kristian Areche and his wife are among those people now facing a set of tough choices about both life and work.

Regardless, S.A.G.'s leaders are now left with a set of tough choices: They can risk a strike authorization vote that might not pass, concede points they have been pressing for months or prolong the current uncertainty despite the growing impatience of many union workers whose income is evaporating as production slows down.

In all likelihood, the deal will go through with the European Commission demanding a set of tough, but ultimately misguided, concessions.

A set of tough-looking toenails are painted avocado green.

On the thorniest of foreign-policy problems — from Pakistan to Syria — his campaign has offered no alternatives except a set of tough-guy slogans and an oft-repeated faith in "American exceptionalism".

In addition to debating the structure of a new crisis mechanism, the leaders also approved a set of tougher budget rules, which included new sanctions against euro-zone states that fail to keep deficits and debt in check.

Argentina, prompted by the devastating effect on its banks of the Mexican crisis, has also brought in a set of tougher rules, including one that forces banks to set aside higher reserves for higher-interest (ie, riskier) loans, which has rightly won applause from international regulators.But the prize for rigour belongs in the Andes.

At a meeting in Brussels, the leaders of the 27-nation bloc approved a set of tougher budget rules, crafted by their finance ministers, which included new sanctions against eurozone states that fail to keep deficits and debt in check, and earlier warnings over asset bubbles and declining competitiveness.