"It's difficult to believe that the tough 'intentions' adopted yesterday can really be transformed into the biggest plan of market reforms Italy has ever put on paper," Antonio Polito wrote in a front-page editorial in Corriere della Sera, a daily newspaper.
The Japanese side, despite tough talk and no intention to compromise on sovereignty, does not want to raise the temperature any more on the issue, and will be trying to quietly reach out and start a dialogue on minimising the issue.
He reiterated his intention to pursue "tough but direct" diplomacy with Iran over its nuclear program.
On the field we have to play tough, but never with the intention of injuring another player".
Announcing her intention to be "tough on crime", she explained: "I know I'm a new home secretary.
The Obama administration last week signaled its intention to get tough on tax-exempt organisations that stray into the political realm.
Tony Blair's celebrated intention to be tough on crime and tough on the causes of crime was a major element of New Labour's rise to prominence.
It's mostly a collection of Republican orthodoxy, with one notable exception: Mr Romney declared his intention to get tough with China and push for a revaluation of the yuan against the dollar.
"There was definitely in the Obama Administration an intention to do tough enforcement as a down payment for comprehensive immigration reform later," Marc Rosenblum, of the Migration Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank in Washington, said.
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"It has obvious political intentions because displaying a tough attitude to Chinese companies may help win more votes with a presidential election campaign going on".
