The next crisis Sources & acknowledgmentsReprintsThe fact that deciding on a fair value has been so tough reflects the complexity of the products as much as the state of the markets.
"Customers around the world love our new vehicles, and we're also seeing green shoots take hold on tough issues like complexity reduction, pensions and Europe," Mr. Akerson said in a statement.
Perhaps that was because the class reflected the discipline's own tension between simplicity and complexity, "good tough science," as Seligman calls it, and airier talk of values.
Matching people to resources is going to be a tough, painstaking job whose complexity the charitable community seems to have badly underestimated.
Next to him at a rosewood conference table is not just the renowned Big Tobacco slayer Michael Lewis, but Lewis's "dream team" of class-action lawyers, whom he must convince of the evidence – a tough job, given the complexity of HFT.
It's a surprisingly tough task, given the complexity of picking up even several of the same object arranged at different angles.
As my children have grown, I would add one more trait to Tough's list: comprehending complexity.
The differences, according to Tim Elmore's blog post "Six Defining Characteristics of Generation Z," are that, "They tend to be more realistic, not idealistic, seemingly jaded from the tough economy, terrorism and the complexities of life". They're also trending more toward entrepreneurial pursuits, rather than settle for a regular job.
Newly free, struggling to find his way, dependent on the (somewhat tenuous) kindness of strangers, he is both sympathetic and tough; his portrait has a complexity that few authors could achieve.
This was tough given the scale and complexity of the challenge: 25,000 international and national media over at the Park and thousands more across London; 19 government departments with roles to play delivering the Games; alongside Locog, the GLA and all the sporting bodies.
