In doing this, he had violated not just the conservatives' First Commandment — never underestimate a threat — but also the First Commandment of an unusually tough and loyalty-obsessed Administration: never embarrass the President.
CINCINNATI (AP) -- Kroger's net income and revenue rose in its second quarter as cost-cutting and efforts to build customer loyalty against tough competition helped results.
Stephon has demonstrated three of them: commitment to winning, the courage to overcome things in his life -- coming from a tough background -- and loyalty, to family and friends.
"Mr. Shahabuddin is an experienced parliamentarian, but he will face a tough choice to balance loyalty to the president and deal with an assertive court and a restive opposition," he said.
Women's Wear Daily could be tough on designers, extracting loyalty and punishment with the glee of a small boy pulling the wings off a fly, and there was the paper's famous feud with Geoffrey Beene.
There will be no suitors for the firm, given the lawsuits it will face and uncertainty as to its financial position, and it will be tough to retain the loyalty of clients.
New ownership will have a tough time rebuilding fan loyalty and attracting non-hockey events like concerts to Jobing.com Arena with the NBA's Phoenix Suns playing in a competing arena just 15 miles away.
"It's always been a tough sell to build retail loyalty based on historical loyalty," she added.
But to answer your question, yes, it's my experience that tough pieces usually inspire more loyalty among the subject's supporters.
In Philadelphia, Allen Iverson, the league's reigning most valuable player until yesterday afternoon, vented on Tuesday, going on a profane, Tysonesque rant about company loyalty and how tough it is to be a millionaire basketball player walking in customized Reeboks.
While I understand Ikepod has a solid following – primarily abroad, as evidenced by the Japanese translation on the Kickstarter site – it's pretty tough to swallow that brand loyalty will be high enough to encourage people to pick up a wooden stick for two bills.
