Adichie, sympathetic but tough, responded, "I read a lot of Russian fiction when I was growing up".
"When they surged, it was tough to respond," said Keflezighi, the 2009 New York City Marathon champion and 2004 Olympic silver medalist in the marathon.
Julia Elenaa, did you ever feel like you could write about race when you were at ESPN? Elena: That's tough to respond to because I was writing for The Mag and, culturally, I always found that it was a little bit more open than the rest of ESPN.
In the case of being tough to respond to, you can tell the person that you aren't sure what to say, ask them to repeat what they just said, ask them to explain the topic more thoroughly, or just leave if all else fails.
"Look, I'm tough," she responded.
"They had a tough time responding to new fashion," said Ms. Kloppenburg.
"It's likely to take up a lot of time early on and balancing that with running your other business can be tough," Charlotte responds.
And lawmakers are in a tough spot, responding to the fear of economic calamity in the event of an attack by effectively giving the insurance industry a free lunch.
"Making tough decisions, responding to crises, making the bureaucracy implement decisions that they may not want to implement — that's the hard part of foreign policy," Ms. Rice said.
"It's tough," Rose responded, saying that Digg's traffic was at 20 million uniques last month, to which Arrington added optimistically that the company brings in $10-$10-$15 millionyearly revenue.
