Her hawkish, sun-toughened face is frozen for the most part in a thin-lipped mask, but she knows when to let go a wisecrack.
Mr. Juliano, 23, who, under a newly toughened state law, faces a possible 20-year prison sentence for the intended distribution of Ecstasy, was released Thursday on $240,000 bail.
But if the reactions of the crowd at this week's South by Southwest (SXSW) festival screening are any guide, it's the comedians themselves who'll need to toughen up to face a potential controversy.
Seeing him weep broke me, but I quickly had to toughen up to face the task at hand.
It's time for the governor to toughen up and face the facts: his bluster and self-promotion have left business owners and residents across the state with one of the worst economies in the nation".
Mr. Krichman, a squat 54-year-old whose face has been toughened from the hours he spends outdoors, can serve as a durable emblem of a warm-weather world of New York City softball and baseball.
FDI may toughen the competition faced by domestic firms, thereby forcing them to become more competitive (UNCTAD 2008).
He toughened their supervision and forced them and their regulators to face up to their parlous state.
He has toughened border controls, warning that people who aid illegal crossings face the death penalty and offering rewards for soldiers who stop them.
"If he ends up winning the nomination, he will definitely face an onslaught of attacks this fall, and he may look back on South Carolina as the place that toughened him up".
House Republicans called for cuts in hundreds of programs across the face of government Friday night in a $61 billion savings package toughened at the last minute at the demand of tea party-backed conservatives.
