After Bryant hit a tough pull-up jump shot from the left baseline with 37.7 seconds remaining to give the West a 2-point lead at 110-108, hadhad the ball with the game on the line in the final seconds.
These finances, coding to the U.S. Department of Commerce, certainly have faced a tough pull coming back from the Great Recession.
But newspaper pay, then and now, can be tough pull for the ambitious, talented, lucky or all three.
"Instead of tough times pulling us apart, they've brought us together," he says.
"But you're going to have a tough time pulling guys away from watching their favorite universities, their favorite N.F.L. teams, during this time of year.
Andover, Massachusetts-based Casa Systems had a tough time pulling off its IPO this week.
Getting him to talk about the company's strengths is easy; asking him to admit even the slightest mistake is tougher than pulling teeth.
(REUTERS, AP) SHAKY VICTORY FOR U.S. MEN Undefeated but no longer unchallenged, the United States Olympic men's basketball team wrapped up its exhibition schedule with its toughest test, pulling away to beat Australia, 87-76, in Shanghai.
The metal buttons that clicked it together were tough to push in which made it good and tough to pull apart once united.
