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I worry about you facing this tough situation alone but I always pray for you and wish everything goes smoothly.

Without it, he said he would have a really tough time, especially when he has to travel outside of Seoul.

The commission's instinct seems to be to take a fairly tough stance on intra-bank lending, but its precise views are hazy.

If I were to win the first set, then second set I would fight and I would try to [win, but] it would be tough anyway.

Being the offspring of a legend made her an easy target for high school kids to see how tough she was.

In fact, the mechanism of outsiders bad, always debating team, is often able to make tough decisions and stick to the team.

The next few months will be tough, but giving the Civic a decent debut would at least help shore up the brand.

Yahoo said its searches showed people trying to cope in tough times. Google said they were even eating differently.

Despite their tough anti-American rhetoric, the government is privately trying to maintain good relations with the U. S.

He beat her as he had beaten snotty smaller kids long ago when he had been a tough teenager in New York's Hell's Kitchen.

Although I realized it would be a tough job to be in charge of scientific and educational work, I volunteered for the post.

It was tough making ends meet on the island, and many families had to make do with a lot less than what they were used to back in England.

The company is going through a tough time at the moment.

And it has wrestled seriously in recent years with the tough question of whether or not to cut off funding when corruption is suspected.

come on! Just a test! thinking about how you get over the tough difficulties in life, exam is just a piece of cake!

So what prompted Mr Bush to come out with such a tough response against his erstwhile ally, after six days of dithering?

A tough new Honduran law came into effect on Monday allowing family members to summon the police to stop people smoking at home.

Be willing to ask the tough questions and read between the lines of any mixed messages you receive.

Second, it's got to be army-laundry tough, withstanding at least 20 washes.

It's simple to transport and easy to set up, and is round tough sound systems for the most discerning of professional users!

"We have to let the world know we are going to get tough and I pray the President will have the courage to follow through. "

Dudes want to appear tough in public, so if you're always sitting on his lap or trying to make out with him, he'll feel uncomfortable.

Two main techniques have been used for training elephants, which we may call respectively the tough and the gentle.

The academic job market was tough and demoralizing, and the rigidity of the academic lifestyle had never appealed to me that much anyway.

Lolo promptly produced a pair of boxing gloves, as he prepared to teach Berry that he had to be strong to survive in a tough world.

The games have been a tough act for a nation that has never hosted such a large international event.

She was a tough and demanding teacher, but she became mellower in her old age.

I realized that Twitter was a very nice way to be in touch with your fans as well as inspire people who are going through tough times.

but I got to tell you, that is one tough room.

"With me and him on the wings, it's going to be tough [for opponents], " Artest said.

Instead the visit is more of a nice photo opportunity, burnishing the presidential image in the lead-up to a tough election campaign.

As you all know, things were a bit rough at the start of this year, but I'm tough & strong!

It was only after Japan was able to put in place a new system of tough auditing, after all, that its own banking crisis abated.

The Celtics guard was able to secure the tough ticket, but he said he's disappointed that his family won't be able to come along.

Stay in the best, most liquid stuff at least for a few more years because we've got a really tough road ahead of us.

Getting ready to break a bad habit is tough, and getting in the right mindset to break a habit in just a month is even tougher.

Perhaps it would be more apt to call it a "bitter necessity for tough times" or simply, "sensible" .

On iPhone what each individual app will share about you is often quite tough to discern.

It was a tough race, just as it always is in Monaco and very demanding mentally.

Tough can be an alcoholic ready to face rehab or an athlete living in a wheelchair.

"This was my first F1 point, so it's a nice feeling after such a tough race, " said the Finn.

'And when things are going tough, then, you know, you're going to get some of the blame, and that's part of the job.

"I thought of it like a movie, " said Mr. Lauren, who appeared in a cream cabled sweater tough enough for the Russian steppes.

"I wanted to see if I could make it 10 marathons without stopping, " he said. "It took me 75 hours and the conditions were really tough. "

The company decided it had to get tough with its business model.

Certainly, simple checklists won't fix the tough organizational problems faced by agile practitioners trying to effect meaningful change.

After a tough interview with a hiring manager, you may be relived to see a recruiter's smiling face.

Back pain can be a tough mystery to solve, but with a doctor's help you should be able to track down the cause.

Noah Smith seems to imply that critics of a "get tough" approach mainly think there would be no benefit to a yuan appreciation.

Patient: It must be tough spending all day with your hands in someone's mouth.

It's a tough bargain for the little tree to live up to, but it seems to have managed bravely for the past four years.

It was a tough call and a very difficult decision for him to leave Shanghai.

When the other team is working so hard and it is so close to the end of the season, it makes it a tough match.

A racer, covered in mud, water and facepaint, makes his way across a rope bridge as part of the 2010 Tough Guy Challenge.

Well, you know, it was a tough day. . . uhm, got off to kind of a slow start. . .

That is a pretty tough question, either one is going to be a load. I honestly think you could toss a coin sometimes.

"This has been a tough week, but it has also been clarifying, " he said. "You find out what matters to you in life, who your friends are. "

Cancer dads are more like mothers than fathers in some way, although they may try to hide this fact by trying to appear tough and callous.

In Europe's frothier markets unpaid debt hangs around the necks of borrowers, giving them a bigger incentive to tough it out in their homes.

He said Al-Qaeda is still active in the northern city of Mosul and warned that there would be tough fighting in the days and months ahead.

Since reform tends to require lubrication, opening up the public services at a time of austerity was always likely to be tough.

A tough kid comes to a new high school and begins muscling his way into the drug scene.

George is a yellow-bellied guy, don't send him on such a tough assignment.

Rick Stearns had been working for the commission, and I was sure he'd be tough and smart enough to devise a system favorable to McGovern.

So when fossils with these jaw structures have turned up, it had been assumed that the creatures were eating tough foods too.

It was a tough but amazing experience that I was able to interview common people and write about the war.

Before the meeting started at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, some envoys said the negotiations would be tough.

But as tough as he looks on screen, Jang Hyuk turned out to be a family man at heart.

I appreciate the family togetherness, I especially, I don't have children, but if I did have kids, I suppose I would be a very tough parent.

"I'm in it to help people enjoy Valentine's Day in a tough economy, " she said.

Of course, that means life might be uncomfortable or very tough for a while, but the payoff can be huge.

When he turned back to the counter that enabled him to serve people in the street, there was a young, tough-looking man standing there.

It was quite a tough race because everyone had a lot of graining on the front tyres, but I was able to hold on until the end.

Pursue balance - As a person given to extremes this has always been a tough one for me.

My thing was, it was a tough play, he grabbed me around the neck and I made the shot, so hopefully they will look at it.

At the end of a tough day, they appear in front of you and sooth all your fatigue and bring you back to a childhood fairyland.

He has got to talk tough and look the part, but whether he is really ready to ratchet up pressure remains to be seen.

She was an incredible mom throughout my childhood, getting us through tough times and making them not tough at all.

I expect a tough match, you know. He always makes the opponent run. I'm ready to run, so (smiling).

Carlo Ancelotti admitted it was a tough game against Manchester City and had nothing but praise for the Brazilian duo who secured us a win.

And without a simple system, constant communication to spread knowledge, and feedback to steer with, it's tough to be brave.

It's going to be very tough -- practically impossible, really -- for the Spurs to improve that talent anytime soon.

Voters in countries currently implementing very tough austerity programmes have to see some light at the end of the tunnel.

It's tough, but everyone will tell you that. We have to keep looking for new ways of expanding the business, and getting the word out.

Me, too. A few of them look tough. I wish I knew more students, so I could get the scoop on which teachers' courses are easy.

Bank credit needs to be loosened for private companies and a tough regulatory regime should be designed to guard against a state monopoly.

Learn the heart of a positive mental attitude by transforming yourself into a tough- minded optimist .

But now, a great prince, and here was just an ordinary monkey trying to display, showing that he is tough.

But if it was tough for me, then there was no way I was going to subject the patients to it.

Blake Jorgensen, Yahoo's chief financial officer, said he was pleased with the company's performance under such tough circumstances.

I expect a tough match, you know. He always makes the opponent run. I'm ready to run, so (smiling).

Carlo Ancelotti admitted it was a tough game against Manchester City and had nothing but praise for the Brazilian duo who secured us a win.

So when Barack Obama meets Binyamin Netanyahu in the White House on May 18th, he must be tough with him.

One person I know even told me how she depended on my post to find the maps, as she had a tough time seeking them out in other ways.

And without a simple system, constant communication to spread knowledge, and feedback to steer with, it's tough to be brave.

It's going to be very tough -- practically impossible, really -- for the Spurs to improve that talent anytime soon.

Voters in countries currently implementing very tough austerity programmes have to see some light at the end of the tunnel.

It's tough, but everyone will tell you that. We have to keep looking for new ways of expanding the business, and getting the word out.

Me, too. A few of them look tough. I wish I knew more students, so I could get the scoop on which teachers' courses are easy.

Bank credit needs to be loosened for private companies and a tough regulatory regime should be designed to guard against a state monopoly.

It's going to be very tough -- practically impossible, really -- for the Spurs to improve that talent anytime soon.

Voters in countries currently implementing very tough austerity programmes have to see some light at the end of the tunnel.

It's tough, but everyone will tell you that. We have to keep looking for new ways of expanding the business, and getting the word out.

Me, too. A few of them look tough. I wish I knew more students, so I could get the scoop on which teachers' courses are easy.

Bank credit needs to be loosened for private companies and a tough regulatory regime should be designed to guard against a state monopoly.

Learn the heart of a positive mental attitude by transforming yourself into a tough- minded optimist .

But now, a great prince, and here was just an ordinary monkey trying to display, showing that he is tough.

But if it was tough for me, then there was no way I was going to subject the patients to it.

Blake Jorgensen, Yahoo's chief financial officer, said he was pleased with the company's performance under such tough circumstances.

But in some ways, assuming the Rockets stopped getting hurt and get a few guys healthy, the tough road losses might be a good thing.

But now, a great prince, and here was just an ordinary monkey trying to display, showing that he is tough.

But if it was tough for me, then there was no way I was going to subject the patients to it.

Blake Jorgensen, Yahoo's chief financial officer, said he was pleased with the company's performance under such tough circumstances.

But in some ways, assuming the Rockets stopped getting hurt and get a few guys healthy, the tough road losses might be a good thing.

What I said today was the result of constant practice. You can learn this method and do the same. It's tough, but it's not impossible.

It's been a tough season but hopefully I can put it all behind me and get back to doing what I love.

You know that last wheel stop call is going to be a little tough.

And I believe that these three principles can be applied to solving some of the very tough problems that we face in the world today.

Despite tough traffic restrictions imposed a week ago to help reduce pollution. visibility was a half-mile in parts of the city.

He said she had a tough childhood after her mother died at a young age and apparently was usually kept inside the house as she grew up.

You know that last wheel stop call is going to be a little tough.

I realize I'm not going to be able to win every single match, but I also can come back strong after losing such a tough match.

And I believe that these three principles can be applied to solving some of the very tough problems that we face in the world today.

Despite tough traffic restrictions imposed a week ago to help reduce pollution. visibility was a half-mile in parts of the city.

He said she had a tough childhood after her mother died at a young age and apparently was usually kept inside the house as she grew up.

When there seems to be a new cute kitten gaining YouTube fame each week, it's tough to stand out from the cat crowd.

Sure once in a while "silence is golden" as they say, but I think my life would be super tough and boring if the soundtrack were taken away.

But you know what, that whole time, I don't know if I ever really felt once that he was going to lose that. You know, he is just tough.

"That was a tough race and I've got a lot of blisters on my braking foot as the pedal was very hard to push, " he said.

He was asked if the tough talk over the weekend by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad might be enough to put diplomacy on hold.

When there seems to be a new cute kitten gaining YouTube fame each week, it's tough to stand out from the cat crowd.

Sure once in a while "silence is golden" as they say, but I think my life would be super tough and boring if the soundtrack were taken away.

But you know what, that whole time, I don't know if I ever really felt once that he was going to lose that. You know, he is just tough.

"That was a tough race and I've got a lot of blisters on my braking foot as the pedal was very hard to push, " he said.

He was asked if the tough talk over the weekend by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad might be enough to put diplomacy on hold.

For me, it was really tough, 'cause I mean, I'm a private person, and for something like that to happen, is, is, is so mean, you know?

He's calling it "a tough time" for the economy, but President Bush still would not call it " a recession" .

Taylor said the numbers would look worse if the study were conducted in October. "This could be a very tough Christmas, " he said.

Hamann dished out his fair share of tough tackles but he could also take a challenge without complaining to the referee.

It has been a tough year for Buffett, by his own high financial standards.

He's calling it "a tough time" for the economy, but President Bush still would not call it " a recession" .

Taylor said the numbers would look worse if the study were conducted in October. "This could be a very tough Christmas, " he said.

Hamann dished out his fair share of tough tackles but he could also take a challenge without complaining to the referee.

It has been a tough year for Buffett, by his own high financial standards.

She seemed so tough and self-assured, and made no attempt to cover up the scars on her arm. It was as if she wanted them to be noticed.

But what I found was that it was actually very tough. I started to kind of flip out to some degree.

Axelrod had been asked if he thought Obama could really handle a tough race for president.

"The first rule is, stay with the boat, but that's going to be tough with this breeze blowing, " said Conway.

One manager said he was encouraging his staff to show up Monday and hang tough for a few more days.

The reluctance to marry seems to have unleashed spiteful hostility, an attitude that makes the decision not to wed a tough one.

"The first rule is, stay with the boat, but that's going to be tough with this breeze blowing, " said Conway.

One manager said he was encouraging his staff to show up Monday and hang tough for a few more days.

The reluctance to marry seems to have unleashed spiteful hostility, an attitude that makes the decision not to wed a tough one.

He is one of those guys that rolls up his sleeves and will not be afraid to be tough when he needs to be.

The policies that take us there must be up to the task: tough, smart, and driven by the core interests of the United States.

With nothing but his hands, feet and a lot of attitude, he turned the little guy into a tough guy.

It is tough to see how South Africa matches up to these four countries, never mind the BRIC countries.

Loose hair must not tough the shoulders, If so, it must be worn up in an elegant professional style. E. g. : braided, pony-tail, bun.

Mrs. Hale : ( Looking too . ) Looks as if someone must have been tough with it .

So that's kind of a tough day, but I said, there really is some basis for thinking why you might want to do this.

Mrs. Hale : ( Looking too . ) Looks as if someone must have been tough with it .

So that's kind of a tough day, but I said, there really is some basis for thinking why you might want to do this.

Xinhua, in earlier comments to us, had said it has never shied from this sort of tough environmental reporting.

"I will work hard to make it a tough choice for Delio Rossi, " he said.

But don't think he's not tough . Two years in prison for GBH on his wife's new boyfriend is unfortunately etch ed on his CV .

I'll be sorry to see him go if that is the case. He was good to me. I had no problems with him. He came in at a tough time.

He said: "It was a completely different game and they'll want to show it was a one off. It is going to be tough no matter what. "

The attempt to make sex education universal in a country where sex is rarely discussed openly was always going to be tough.

I had to do a scene with another girl, really tough, who played a shop clerk. I was supposed to be trying to return something.

I was desperately trying to pick out the Brits but it was tough, there were at least a thousand dancers between me and them.

I was desperately trying to pick out the Brits but it was tough, there were at least a thousand dancers between me and them.

Mr. Thompson was a tough weather-beaten man with stiff black hair and a week's growth of black whiskers.

As the IMF has proved, it is often a lot easier for an outside body to impose tough changes than it is for locally elected politicians.

"These are very tough times for hardworking families, but the toll would be far worse if we had not acted, " he said.

"Right now we're going through a tough period. There is no doubt about it. But the stimulus plan is making a difference, " he said.

Jaap Stam was one of the best in the win over Samp and the defender said: 'It was tough, Sampdoria defended well and hit on the break.

A PWSD cure needs careful planning in advance and some tough decisions to take your medicine and stick with it long enough to see results.

It has not achieved the results that the dark Ones desired, but as a result it has brought about a new set of tough security laws.

But for a slight foul on the part of Mr. Rivas, it would have been a tough job for the referee to judge who should be the winner.

Ink can be pretty tough to get out, but most ballpoint pen ink stains come out with lots of persistence and patience.

It has not achieved the results that the dark Ones desired, but as a result it has brought about a new set of tough security laws.

But for a slight foul on the part of Mr. Rivas, it would have been a tough job for the referee to judge who should be the winner.

Ink can be pretty tough to get out, but most ballpoint pen ink stains come out with lots of persistence and patience.

You think you're tough? Say exactly what's on your mind when you're at your most vulnerable. We'll see how tough you are.

Or did they say, 'you guys have had a tough time of it, ' give them a pat on the head and send them on their way?

At the United Nations, Rice has traded barbs with her Russian counterpart and is known to be a tough negotiator.

But he took a tough line on the worsening Islamist insurgency in the north Caucasus, promising to "exterminate the bandits" .

The mountainous nation has always been a tough place to scratch out a living.

Amish have taught us: the wisdom of life is not just a few of the gift, it can be a tough cultural heritage.

Yet it's going to be tough selling a fickle fan base that this season is just a write-off before it even begins.

I can't imagine being tough enough to constantly question the validity of your life's work, but some of these folks did exactly that.

Before I heard those classes, I had not known much about teaching public English, and had thought it was a tough job for me.

Mr Romney maintained a tough stance on China in the Republican primary contest, vowing to brand it a "currency manipulator" .

Unless Washington is prepared to sign up to a tough new international agreement, there will be little chance of China getting involved.

But the American public has no independent means of judging how tough the bill is.

He thought the miners could use strong pants, so he made jeans out of some thick and tough material.

"Ashley is tough enough to deal with whatever is thrown at him, " Lampard said in The Sun.

What the single guy could learn: It's tough to pull off for some, but you could always give off the appearance of a bad boy.

Superficially, Korean people seem to be tough, but deep down inside, they have been proven meager.

When you know Spartak Moscow and how strong the Russian League is at the moment that means it is a tough draw.

Baseball players have it tough, trying to hit an incoming fastball with a small, rounded bat.

Mr Bo, tough, sophisticated and ambitious, comes from the Communist aristocracy - his father was one of Mao Zedong's leading comrades.

It is so much easier to be tough via e-mail, or to get away with weak excuses, or to make things up, or to say no.

Clearly they are a team who are doing well and are not easy to score against, so it will be a tough game like always in Europe.

It was a tough game but I got forward a lot and made a very important block on the line towards the end.

As a professional engineer, it's your job to deliver working code consistently, even if that means you've got to make tough choices.

Still, he he said a "tough, hard campaign" lies ahead in Afghanistan, "with its share of setbacks and heartbreak. "

Children should not be expected to be brave or tough, or to "not cry. "

The aim is to get tough with China to teach it a lesson, so it will bolster its currency and usher in a greater flow of U.

We've hired three young journalists, but it's tough to say whether these jobs would show up in educational services or in journalism.

In the past, IT administrators have had a tough job of trying to match expected demand to physical resources.

Heart seems to be severely pulled a few people to, Grandma is a woman, she's tough stance is put on.

First rounds are always tough, but this one was more difficult because we're friends. It was hard for me to fight on the court.

If that's the case, both domestic and foreign auto makers could be looking at a tough road ahead for the next year or two.

And he's trying to work it out, I mean he's really trying to do the best he can in a tough situation.

When faced with tough decisions sometimes following your heart is all that matters.

It was a tough call and a very difficult decision for me to leave Liverpool.

We would love to see Yao Ming come back and play and stuff like that, but he's got to get his feet healthy. That's a tough thing.

He explained that he had tough times, that he had moved, that he was trying to make it as a professional speaker.

Asked how estimates could have been so far off, Dr. DeLay said, 'The data are tough to get. '

It had been a tough eight months since my husband had retired from the Navy.

Due to the global recession, the enterprise has been a tough place to be in the last few years with flat IT budgets and head counts.

Sometimes, as a certain British prime minister used to say of tough economic decisions, there is no alternative.

You know, I think I didn't make it tough enough for him to come up with good shots.

Gibbs said the tough talk from Obama and other administration officials was aimed in part at pressuring bonus recipients to turn them down.

But if you want to lead, you face tough choices about how much effort you must put in and in which areas you need to grow.

It gives us great hope of winning the final , although we know it will be very tough, as Benfica have always been a very hard team to beat.

Theropods in particular would have had a tough time escaping, since the dinosaurs used only their hind legs for locomotion, Eberth said.

But Yang was worried that the long journey would be tough on her aged parents.

This brings a fair bit of tension into the police dynamic of the film, with a lot of tough-guy chest thumping and male bonding.

During tough economic times when US consumers are trying to cut back the indulgence they can't seem to live without is books.

He had been a tough time of it.

"She said the first week was pretty tough, but it's better now, " says Bonnie.

I have to admit, I love it when KG goes bonkers, but tonight I found it a little tough to swallow.

The Democrats and Republicans now have to fight it out to agree to long-term spending plans, which has been a tough ask so far.

In a little while Tough Bill, accompanied by two huge negroes, came in, and it was easy to see that he was already three parts drunk.

That's a question he did not answer and after that line of tough questioning, the Biden camp called the TV station in Orlando and said. . .

"It's a very tough game but I'm excited and looking forward to playing the U. S. , " said Yi, who said the Olympics was his top priority.

What he had was Mary Lee, his tough, optimistic mum, and a determination not to be just a good-looking average Joe.

Second, the skinny bustles briskly all day like a hound searching for tough problems to tackle, as if the world wouldn't turn without them.

As for Aunt Pitty, she was nervously trying to stifle a belch, for the rooster they had had for supper was a tough old bird.

Republicans snort that he was bluffing all along when he said he would get tough in Afghanistan.

After several days, I felt that I began to get used to the life here. And I felt one day didn't seem to be long and tough.

As you know I won in two tough tiebreak sets.

Singapore is very tough about this sort of army business and my Singaporean colleague had to serve two years after leaving high school.

More convincingly, the Democrats argue that they knew far in advance that this election was going to be a tough one.

The Camarasaurus had a very good digestive system; it would swallow gizzard stones to help grind up the tough vegetation that it would eat.

So this may be a bit of a subdued Super Bowl this year, maybe because of the teams playing, certainly because of the tough economic climate.

Harsher punishment has been tried, with tough minimum sentences introduced in 1997, but seems to have had little effect.

When the bar was more or less cleared, Tough Bill was lying insensible on the floor with a great gash in his head.