Yet of all the Tory pledges, hitting the target of reducing net migration to tens of thousands looks an increasingly tall order.
Instead, he reassured Spaniards that "recovery is not far away," and reiterated a goal that seems an increasingly tall order: to cut $68 billion in state spending without slicing into the social benefits that he considers the hallmark of his administration.
But his memorable 2006 stint on I'm A Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here saw him while away his time in the Australian jungle, without the trappings of celebrity, with the telling of increasingly tall tales while nonchalantly batting away tarantulas and charming everyone in sight.
Businesses, governments and public bodies also need to keep sensitive data safe from hackers, spies and natural disasters - an increasingly tall order in this mobile, networked world.
Presumably, too, the program allows YC to cement its relationship with maturing companies — an increasingly tall order in a world drowning in later-stage capital, including, most obviously, from SoftBank's nearly $100 billion Vision Fund.
And many of her characters are, by their nature, annoying, like Penelope, a hair-twirling nudge who one-ups everyone with a trailing voice and a steady patter of increasingly surreal tall tales.
So I'm going to have absolutely nothing to lose, you know?" At 5 feet 6 inches, Oudin is accustomed to looking like the underdog in a sport increasingly populated by taller athletes.
In some places, such as China's increasingly crowded cities, tall may still make sense.
