The state has seen its share of tough, bare-knuckle politics.
Both sides are extraordinarily willing to flout respectability to show that they are tough enough to bare the knuckles.
The case has laid bare a tough, often squalid, world in which the two men were able to operate outside the law for more than four years.
At par 70, stretched out to 7,395 yards, this is a course as bare-knuckle tough as the Motor City itself.
Mr. Lutnick, known on Wall Street as a tough boss and a bare-knuckled trader, attained a melancholy fame after Sept. 11 for his public displays of grief for his workers and his commitment to their families.
It has grown exponentially in the past couple of years to include 75 brains, mostly of American football players but also of hockey enforcers – the tough guys who do the bare-knuckle fighting – and of former soldiers caught in bomb blasts.
Emanuel's manner is tough even for Chicago, where bare-knuckles politics is the norm.
Ms. Fujimori exudes endless enthusiasm, but she admits that holding office in a country where politics is all bare knuckles can be tough.
It was Amazon week at The Seattle Times, as the retailer's hometown paper examined at length various aspects of the company, including its approach to warehouse labor, tough negotiating tactics with publishers and bare-bones approach to corporate giving.
Sir Andrew Green, chairman of Migrationwatch UK which campaigns for tougher controls, said the figures "lay bare the legacy" of the previous Labour government.
"They've been battered to pillar to post and are down to the bare bones and it's tough to keep picking yourself off the ground unless you've got a strong outfit".
