For example, in a tough neighborhood in the United States, we have a facility in those neighborhoods, so we can assemble to do anything that needs to be done.
France, for example, implemented a tough crackdown on digital media piracy under former President Nicolas Sarkozy, including the threat of disconnecting repeat offenders from the Internet.
"His mission," Mr. Wasserman said of the president, "is to hold up at least one Democrat in a Republican district as an example of a tough vote-taker who can win.
If hiring were like speed dating and you could ask a job candidate only a couple of questions, what would they be? A. I'd look for an example of a tough situation and how you actually thought about it, and how you dealt with it.
Even for a listener content to hear other music by Mr. Ferneyhough — his intricate chamber scores, for example — this was a tough nut.
Remaking the Social Security system to include personal investment accounts, for example, could be a tough sell for President Bush at a time when workers are seeing minus signs on their 401(k) plan statements.
In their paper, Zhu and Liu explain that third-party sellers can try to sign exclusivity contracts with manufacturers, although asking a manufacturer not to sign with Amazon, for example, might be a tough sell.
At the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, for example, a program called Tough Art helps artists learn how to make pieces "robust enough to stand up to our audience," said the museum's director, Jane Werner.
In Arizona, for example, Mr McCain faces a tough primary battle against a dingbat who frets about man-on-horse nuptials.
