Lord Mandelson, meanwhile, has brought a fresh subtleness to the government's recession management, plus a sense of hyperactive urgency and an icy menace towards recalcitrant banks.Red and blue in tooth and clawThe big beasts' most important attribute, however, may be their beastliness: their sharp-elbowed, thick-skinned, street-fighting toughness.
On camera, he often advocated hockey's old-school elements, particularly physical toughness and fighting.
Mr. Hart, who helped organize the anti-Soviet insurgency in the 1980s, cautions that Americans just don't understand the toughness, determination and fighting skills of the Pashtun tribes.
Mrs. Del Ponte, who gained a record for toughness as a prosecutor fighting organized crime, called on the defense and foreign ministers in Paris in January.
Cherry, in weekly his "Coaches Corner" segment on CBC's "Hockey Night in Canada" broadcast on Feb. 18, railed on the Wings for a lack of toughness and not enough fighting.
Still, the N.H.L. remains bound by an ethos of toughness, an arena where fighting is tolerated and even encouraged as rough justice, and where playing through concussions and gruesome lacerations are marks of courage.
A slayer is full of strength, the power to keep fighting, and even more than that, mental toughness to live what many of us deem a "normal existence".
On the other hand, Swedish sports journalists were extremely impressed by the toughness and "never say die" fighting spirit of the Canadians, who lost only one game out of seven on European ice despite usually trailing in the third period.
Most were fighting in eastern areas, like Carnia, where they were much feared for their toughness and ferocity.
One is left with the impression that the president, as in other cases, is satisfied with the rhetoric of toughness and a mild gun control bill, that he has no intention of fighting hard for what he promised.
The Rangers led the league in fighting majors during the regular season, with 65 in 82 games, and take pride in team toughness.
