I know these are tough, and you may have a hard time getting your hand bent around it, but this is actually critical.

The example of Greece before and during the eurozone crisis shows that it is often hard for countries to be tough on their neighbors.

Those are really tough.

We're not being tough enough.

The IMF s Tough Choices on Greece

Getting it there is really tough.

But repairing the damage was tough.

So that is a tough day .

So that is a tough day .

Tough rules and penalties are required to deter traffic offenders.

Dianna Cohen Tough truths about plastic pollution

The EU will be tough on terrorism.

Ban Ki Moon has a tough job.

That would impose tough fiscal discipline, indeed.

That Friday night in Brussels involved very real and tough decisions.

In tough times such as these, money matters.

China s government introduced tough labor laws and a minimum wage in 2008.

Mallam Haruna is a tough man and always has a scary look.

Indeed, East Asian countries may find it difficult to conduct candid surveillance of one another s policies and enforce firm policy conditionality. The example of Greece before and during the eurozone crisis shows that it is often hard for countries to be tough on their neighbors.

That will be tough to do for political reasons.

Work hard, play hard.

The message girls could be tough, and boys were allowed not to be.

It is a tough sell, but also a vital one.

Heartier crop varieties are helping farmers to weather tough conditions.

China will undoubtedly find the EU a tough negotiating partner.

Barack Obama is tough, too, but in a different way.

MEG Right now that s a very tough question to answer.

It is a long term, tough, day after day activity.

The solemn face that Alberto Korda caught in his photographs became tough and unsympathetic.

For example, people may see an inevitable tradeoff between tough environmental standards and jobs.

I was a little street tough that followed Christian Slater around and badgered him.

And that's hard to that's hard to create but it is coming.

HA Yes, I was working in a tough situation, very dangerous.

Sami wanted Layla to answer some tough questions on her past.

But it must also be tough on the causes of terrorism.

For Europe s energy future, today is the moment for tough decisions.

Undoubtedly, tough negotiations lie ahead on this front, including with Hollande.

For Turkey s friends abroad, it is time for some tough love.

Constructive economic engagement will be a tough sell outside North Korea.

Get tough with China, both stressed in the presidential debates, and the pain will ease.

Tough sanctions and constraints, it is said, would also be able to induce debt discipline.

Working hard and exhausted .

Working hard and exhausted .

But creditors don t have an incentive to place tough limits on banks.

That is tough when, in Europe, nobody wants to pay Greece s bills.