Mandatory modifications, bankruptcy, lawsuits — no one likes them, but they are tough tools for a tough problem.
"The problem is, we have no plan B, we have no tough tools to bring the Russians into line," said one senior official.
It recreates a public sphere where it is understood that political change happens collectively, for the common good; and that hope is the toughest tool in the arsenal.
Establishing xeno-organisms as a mandatory auxotrophic form of life will allow the limitation of its environmental dispersion by its human creator-designer, providing an extremely tough safety tool.
It is used in the form of tungsten carbide for very hard and tough dies, tools, gauges, and bits.
The barges being ready they rowed to the beach to ferry aboard horses and fine battle-helmets, loading the livestock in their livery and tack, then the tents, the tough shields, tools to lay siege, canopies, kit bags, exquisite coffers, ponies, hackneys, horses-of-armour... thus the stuff of stern knights was safely stored.
The law prohibits the IRS from using its usual tough collection tools — getting a lien against your property or putting a claim on your wages — to collect any payment you owe related to the individual responsibility provision of the health-care act.
Licensing deals are sometimes a hit as in the Caterpillar brand of Wolverine shoes (both are tough, reliable "tools") or the Eddie Bauer edition of the Ford Explorer (outdoor adventure).
The efforts, which have gained traction in recent weeks, could give the agency tougher prosecutorial tools to combat fraud amid the economic downturn.
Today, sea creatures known as comb jellies have soft bodies like jellyfish, but their ancestors projected a tougher image: tooling up with hard body parts, probably as protection from predators.
