"It's certainly not mentally tough," Tigers Coach Bill Tierney said, "because we've played them before.
"It was tough today especially seeing Tiger make a charge.
He has been trying to address this by talking tough on corruption ("fighting tigers and flies at the same time") and waging war on government extravagance (only "four dishes and a soup").
"I'm reading, for the 10th time, Rudyard Kipling's 'Jungle Book,' " he said, "because I want to do something that's never been done before, a live-action 'Jungle Book.' It's tough to find speaking tigers and bears".
This Administration sees civil rights laws as imposing unnecessary regulatory and economic burdens on society, and would like nothing better than ultimately to replace today's tough laws with toothless "tigers". The debate about the voting legislation is simply the opening round in a bout that is sure to go the distance.
In his first pitching appearance of the season against the Detroit Tigers, a tough 5 3 victory, someone in the press box said, "I wonder what he'd give for a slug of bourbon," to which he replied, "All I wanted in that situation was a fresh stick of chewing gum.
"His interest was serving his constituents, and he liked power," said Stephen B. Kaufman, a former Bronx Democratic assemblyman and a close friend of Mr. Lopez, who describes Mr. Lopez as "a tough guy who fought like a tiger for his cubs".
Panasonic's Toughbooks have legendary strength but I doubt any of us ever considered them tough enough to survive a white tiger or Asian elephant.
But if it doesn't, we'll just have to grow tough nails and fight against the tigers, too".
