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He has no plans for tougher immigration or asylum controls, and is proud that his government made it legal for asylum-seekers to work.

Now, tougher economic times threaten even that budget, and could mar plans for what was to have been a glorious Olympic legacy.

The only difference was that the outgoing guy seemed to have eaten more business lunches and looked tougher.

The voltage challenge, meanwhile "seems to be a tougher road, " he said.

To make himself tougher, he slept on firewood and tried a gall-bladder before having dinner and going to bed.

Beyond the biodiversity, the researchers also found a set of certain bacteria that seemed tougher than the rest.

It was all the more surprising given the stellar performance two weeks ago of longer-dated bond auctions, which can be tougher to sell.

Although Mr Geithner did not commit himself to any specific action, the use of the m-word suggests Team Obama will take a tougher line.

Mrs Chick bore off the tender pair of Toodles, and presently returned with that tougher couple whose presence her brother had commanded.

Democratic strategist Doug Schoen said Obama's shift in tone reflected a battle that turned out to be tougher than he thought it would be.

Or that of the eight voting to keep it on the market, six said it should be only with tougher warnings and restricted distribution?

He said he would take a tougher stand against Hamas than the ruling centrist Kadima party has done.

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.

The broad amount of money saved was no surprise but the priorities revealed something of the tougher choices ahead.

Some of your friends might have the latest cell phones, video games, and basketball shoes, but others may be having a tougher time than you.

It has no doubt gotten tougher for China to snap up resource assets as markets have regained some liquidty.

That quake was one of the most deadly in recorded history, prompting Beijing to introduce tougher building codes in vulnerable areas.

This was tougher than the previous issues -- it was the only one of these details not included in our initial DITA support.

"During the era of Mao Zedong it was much tougher, " said the cotton farmer who also raises chickens and ducks for home consumption.

Kevin Martin: If he was just a mite tougher, he'd be a truly elite player.

He said that life there was different, tougher. I told him that I was tough, too.

It is not a bad thing if the US, which used to be incomparably the most attractive market for blockbuster drugs, is getting a bit tougher.

The pork had gotten a little tougher, but it still tasted wonderful, his wife's signature flavors of mint and garlic in every bite.

When your father never says them to you when you are a child, it gets tougher and tougher for him to say those words as he gets older.

Local districts would be allowed to impose tougher restrictions on the foods in their schools but states would not.

The market place is much tougher, and in light of what's happened in the financial markets, the art market cannot be immune to it.

Mr. Obama said the process of drafting the necessary legislation to put tougher financial regulations in place starts now.

A spokesman said there was no doubt that the increased interest in teaching was down to tougher economic times.

Critics say the bill would have made it much tougher for genuine refugees to be able to settle in Australia.

In China, Lenovo can at least take advantage of its brand, but the environment will be much tougher in other markets, he said.

Executing ideas is often tougher than generating them.

One marriage expert says parents' behavior should depend on the age of their kids, and also on a tougher criterion: how the couple argue.

Soon I'd be launched into the rough adult world, and I knew I'd have to be tougher than anybody if I wanted to survive.

No doubt, it was a little tougher than some predicted a week ago, but jump back a month.

CEO Don Blankenship said the company lost shifts and productivity because of tougher enforcement by federal mining regulators.

To tell the truth, we believe that competition between the 2 free tools is much tougher that between any one of them and IntelliJ IDEA.

He said he will force government regulators to make it tougher for oil companies to get drilling permits.

How much have Britain's far-flung islands to fear in the long run from tougher rules?

That said, namespaces make it a lot tougher to parse and manage the data.

While the US has been trying to build support for a tougher package of sanctions, China insists negotiations are the right path.

This belief probably stems from the perception that short hair seems to be tougher than longer hair.

"We have to have tougher standards on what they import into this country, " she said.

A little tougher approach is to tie yourself up to a stretch cord and swim to the other end.

A tougher editor might have clamped down on some of Mr Bryson's lazy habits, such as the tiresome re-use of the phrase "very real" .

The government is trying to do something. It wants to make GCSE maths and English tougher by bringing a "functional" element into the exams.

Second, the bank will need to be tougher in its neglected regulatory oversight capacity.

The only way to preclude such a cataclysm, the authors argue, is to adopt much tougher counter-measures: rollback, in Cold War terms.

Thus in most cases an importing nation can't force foreign suppliers to sell for less by trying to strike a tougher bargain .

But in a more reserved society, or in one where life was tougher, the reaction might be a quiet contentment.

The department has up to 18 months to determine whether the listed companies should be subject to tougher duties.

This is going to be a tougher case than I thought.

But like the price caps, a number of these measure look tougher on paper than they do in reality.

But, you know, if I make the match longer, I make it tougher for myself because I wasn't 100 per cent physically today.

British delegates to the next international anti-corruption junket, meanwhile, can expect a tougher reception than at the last one.

Use passwords that have at least eight characters and include numbers or symbols. The longer the password, the tougher it is to crack.

Surviving the year-end cash crunch is always tough. This year, it's going to be even tougher.

The more stressed you are, the tougher it will be for you to think and express yourself clearly.

Be a Tiger. ' One billboard showed the golfer looking into a gloomy sky and carried the headline 'Tougher than ever to be a Tiger. '

This transforms the callus into a tougher fibrocartilaginous callus, which bridges the gap between the two pieces of bone.

He said his schools policy (a mix of market-based ideas and tougher discipline) was better for poor children than "liberal-left" orthodoxy.

Admittedly, wiring up the West, with its greater distances and thinner population densities, is tougher than wiring up Kentucky.

However, it's not easy to replicate nature, and it's even tougher to run these experiments in the wild.

As the demanding president of Harvard University early last decade, he often pushed his own faculty to be tougher with kids.

Mr Echarri admitted that this underperformance had meant venture capital firms had faced a tougher sell with investors.

It was a cruel way for England to concede but even tougher on Green whose World Cup must be in doubt with the finals so close.

Other people might have a tougher skin, but I say [err on the side] of caution.

It's easy to make money. It's a lot tougher to make a difference. Teachers make a difference!

The 34-year-old said: "He's so rude about me in the press, it's outrageous, " but admitted that Mears was "brilliant" and "much tougher" .

NP problems are much tougher to solve but relatively easy to check once you've reached an answer.

Especially at the beginning, when circumstances were propitious, Mr Yushchenko should have been tougher.

He said a tougher crackdown on piracy was essential to solving the problem of such advertisements placed into movies.

But the president seems to have decided that a tougher tone is in order.

"Considering JT's planned shipment halt, the situation (surrounding tobacco supplies) may become even tougher, " he said.

That was when she decided to take a slightly tougher approach like some of her friends.

Sure, there was one other guy who tipped the scales above 200 pounds, but he was tougher, more Irish, less nerdy.

Yet the next few years may be far tougher on insurers, partly as a result of actions taken to mitigate this crisis.

All the situations make it tougher to run this kind of business under the double pressures come from outside and inside of the industry.

But getting agreement on currencies, or any other issue that impinges on sovereignty, is tougher now the global financial crisis has ebbed.

But the tougher ones will emerge leaner and stronger, and ready to seize the opportunities that a gradual recovery will offer.

Earlier this week, however, Iran's police chief warned of a tougher response in case of 'illegal' demonstrations in coming days.

I need to be tougher if I'm going to be a manager. I can't worry about being liked!

You have to be tougher than I am to say no when people are so accommodating and flattering.

Like the rest of us, developers will also sometimes procrastinate on tougher assignments.

If the current economic conditions are making life difficult for all marketers at the moment, those at banks face an even tougher challenge.

In order to make himself tougher he slept on firewood and ate a gall - bladder before having dinner and going to bed every night .

Trucks are tougher to maneuver and stop, he noted, and the college students in his study might be somewhat better at multitasking.

The U. N. Security Council recently adopted a resolution calling for tougher anti-piracy measures off the Somali coast.

Phrasal searches make it tougher for a seo search optimization guru to accommodate copy, because web users can choose different synonyms.

Our start to the season this year has been tougher but I'm looking forward to turning the wheel in a more positive direction this weekend.

This was a blow to President Chen Shui-bian, who favoured Mr Su and a tougher stance towards China.

This was a blow to President Chen Shui-bian, who favoured Mr Su and a tougher stance towards China.

I don't know. He is tougher than he looks - used to be an adventurer, before he settled down to run this inn.

Mr. Kingsnorth said he expects China to be tougher in enforcing quotas in 2011.

Sepa itself appears determined to seize the moment to push for tougher enforcement of China's existing environmental regulations.

It's like a competition to see who can be tougher.

But he cautioned, "Next year is going to be far tougher for everyone than anything we're seeing now. "

The next day, Obama gave another statement, this time with tougher language.

Delivering on that promise, however, has never been easy -- and soon it's going to get even tougher.

Outside the top trio of LVMH, the Gucci Group and Burberry, many independent designers have had a tougher time growing.

Thanks to the accounting scandal, the GSEs now face regulations that are likely to be far tougher than those in the bill Fannie helped kill.

Perhaps the tougher economy has cut down on immigration while increased enforcement has reduced the inflow of illegal immigrants.

In Europe, she endorses tougher stress-tests and a more coercive approach to balance-sheet repair.

America will certainly push for the tougher policing of ships and planes that might be carrying weapons technology.

We've attempted a thought experiment with tougher standards: predicting a future that's just around the corner.

If things look sticky at the top, women at the bottom find the relative going far tougher.

Graduates, however, are facing a tougher decision-hold out for a dream job, or take what's available.

The directive also needs to be agreed by the European parliament, where some members have expressed support for the tougher controls.

Unable to solve survival difficulties, many of well-educated youngsters may adopt even tougher measures to be revenged on society.

China achieved several of its main objectives at Copenhagen, where it was not forced into signing tougher new commitments on emissions.

Cynics might see some of the tougher safety precautions as a drag, but it turns out they're actually designed to make you smile.

Arguing from moral rights perspective is possible, but much tougher.

Work your way up the ranks through progressively tougher opponents to get a shot at the titleholder, Ali himself.

"Looking back, that was the first signal of a tougher tone in dealing with internet companies, " said one internet executive.

If we have to, we are prepared to go further and be tougher than our international partners to safeguard our economy.

Given public scepticism over the reserves, a tougher approach from Beijing would be well-received at home.

Worse, Dell's move comes just as the services business is looking tougher than ever, due to the rise of Indian firms.

It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.

As you can imagine, the drivers had a tougher time recalling the details than the passengers.

After several days, the fracture hematoma develops tougher tissue, transforming it into a soft callus.

On the whole, though, the rise of charter schools in American cities has brought dynamism to one of the tougher areas of reform.

But a tougher regime than any of them expected a few months ago appears likely.

"It's been a tougher road for Mr. McCain, because the most vocal opponents to legal immigration are in his party, " Rivlin said.

Dutch Finance Minister Jan Kees de Jager said the need for tougher rules is deep.

We'd also like to see the rules on health and nutrition claims made tougher, so there's less confusion on the supermarket shelves.

The tougher tone seems to be working.

No doubt Mr Murdoch's tougher management will squeeze out some cost savings.

Donna Shalala was tougher, saying it was important for leaders to be good people as well as to have good policies.

Even if the administration itself does not move, the voices calling for tougher policies against China are likely to get louder in Congress.

It has vowed to get tougher on corruption recently, and last month executed two former vice-mayors after they were convicted of bribery.

Shen says Beijing will not likely support tougher sanctions unless more evidence emerges of a nuclear weapons program.

Ensuring that all those nice human rights now take root in Libya is going to be much tougher.

The United States, France, Britain, the European Union, and Germany have sought tougher sanctions against Iran to force it to comply.

Governments are reducing quotas for foreign workers and imposing tougher entry requirements on them in an effort to control the flow.

Sit with eyes closed and in silence. This may be tougher than you think.

'The company will face tougher challenges in the fourth quarter and first quarter of next year, ' Baosteel said.

Congress is already pushing for the White House to take a tougher line with Beijing.

The rescue system would be introduced alongside proposals to rewrite EU treaties with far tougher budget rules for the eurozone.

"There is good reason to be tougher with them [UBS and Credit Suisse] and single them out for special treatment, " he told Reuters.

Researchers have created a tougher form of steel that will not splinter or crack at low temperatures.

With tougher mortgage rules, banks will no longer have to lower their standards to compete with the industry's unregulated parts.

Even tougher was working with elderly Japanese and Mandarin speakers who speak in an antiquated, often unintelligible, regional dialect.

The Commons, recently disgraced by an expenses scandal, will also face tougher rules.

The spotlight being shone on the excesses of the corporate world will bring with it tougher regulation.

But by Tuesday, faced with growing criticism at home that the raid violated national space, the ministry took a tougher stance.

That should allow them to ask tougher questions of their hosts.

To be sure, though, the recent sharp rise in the sector could make it tougher for those shares to keep rallying.

Meanwhile, Iran has had no real problem selling its oil to Asian countries, though tougher sanctions are set to go into place this summer.

The vote was triggered by eurosceptics who wanted the party to take a tougher line in opposing bail-outs for members of the eurozone.

Costs were lower, but he found business much tougher there and after two years he sold his stake and returned to Taiwan, aged 27.

We should always walk from the bottom to the top. The more we proceed , the tougher the next step will be.

This is usually a strong signal of tougher times ahead.

The Bush team has promised more money to help those hurt by trade; it has offered to get tougher on foreign labour-standards.

Teachers will find getting rich tougher than engineers, given that the former can expect to earn half as much over their careers.

There's no time like the present. There's a good chance it's going to get tougher, not easier, ahead.

Brendn conveyed that the people he thought would never drop out did while others proved to be more resilient and tougher than imagined.

The United States and Canada are proof that tougher building codes, early warning systems, and disaster preparedness can save lives.

Two months do not a quarter make, and banks indicated conditions got tougher in March.

Countries that have long wanted to be tougher can now be so.

A tougher business climate will inevitably refocus governments' attention on currencies, seen as a major element of competitiveness.

Mum Tells Me. . . That life is tough, but I'm tougher.

Reform proposals focus on tougher rules on economic policies over the business cycle, and on stronger economic co-ordination.

Other Republicans have spoken in even tougher terms, with one senator suggesting health care could be Barack Obama's political downfall.

Falling prices would make it tougher for borrowers to pay off debt, leading to even more defaults and even tougher lending standards.

US voters can see for themselves the much tougher crack-down on bonuses in Europe.

However, companies in Asia-Pacific region are not entitled to this benefit, so they are facing with a tougher job of exploiting market.

Well, times are getting tougher. Competition is fierce. Profit margins are so tight that we can't afford a single error. You know how it is.

His exclusion will also make it tougher for him to achieve his EU goals.

The month of March is starting to take its toll of the luxury brand, and may be signaling tougher time for the highly regarded brand.

They maintain that in modern society, people are supposed to have more knowledge than their ancestors to cope with tougher problems.

We've attempted a thought experiment with far tougher standards: predicting the future that's just around the corner.

'The war was tougher because unlike now no one was delivering food to us back then. '

Obama agreed a nuclear Iran would be a "gamechanger" and urged tougher sanctions, but he also defended his call for diplomacy.

Some governments have imposed windfall taxes on the big banks; the US has legislated for a tougher regulatory regime.

Forty-seven states have adopted the American Bar Association's tougher rule for recusal when "impartiality might reasonably be questioned" .

The filled function method for global optimization problem with both inequality and equality constraints is an even tougher area to tackle.

If the party joins government, as seems likely, Finland will take a tougher line on future bail-outs of troubled economies.

But negotiations have been tougher than expected and GM has opened up the bidding process.

Finally, I strongly want to dedicate the book to all the Li Yang Crazy English learners. Life is tough, however, you can be tougher.

Despite tougher conditions, China's growing economy and its increasing household wealth continue to attract new entrants.

Privately, U. S. officials say they are skeptical about whether the appointment will translate into tougher action against the militants.

You need to let it hang dry till it becomes a bit tougher to the touch.

Dear MBM: First, congratulations on getting promoted, which is even tougher these days than it used to be.

The state law bans smoking in nearly all indoor public places but does not prevent cities or counties from enforcing tougher measures.

Now that China accounts for a bigger slice of sales, however, they will find it tougher to deal with the subsequent margin erosion.

PP: The game will be tougher. As with any expansion pack , the game has to start at a level close to where the previous one left off .

As a bank it faces more intrusive supervision from the Federal Reserve, tougher capital requirements and restrictions on investing.

In others, where the economic environment is starting to get tougher, it is a desire to ensure Managers are ready for their baptism of fire.

While everyone is glad to put 2009 behind them, 2010 could be an even tougher economic year for China.

The lesson for the U. S. ? Tougher lending rules would help lower the risk of another housing crash.

China is moving to impose fuel efficiency standards tougher than those in the United States while developing hybrid cars.

Somewhat more seriously, people living in parts of the high Andes and the Himalayas would find life even tougher.

And tougher rules could breach the Human Rights Act, which guarantees the right to family life.

Researchers also tested whether tougher supervisory standards in examining bank portfolios will decrease relationship lending.

Open Europe, an independent think tank, argued that the UK had no choice but to assert a tougher line to protect the UK's interests.

Youre right what we need are bigger bombs, tougher soldiers and a few more wars. Thats what made America great!

It' s going to be a tougher match against Russia with all due respect to Israel.

Companies are accelerating job cuts amid declining sales and the expectation of tougher times across the economy.

As the system has grown more tangled, tougher regulation has only made things worse.

There will be tougher fixtures, of course, but Argentina can be much better than this because there are clearly things to build on.

Taken together, the findings strengthen calls for tougher regulation of the chemical, which is widely used in plastics manufacturing.

With the emergence of the modern industrialized society, the relationship between man and nature is getting tougher and tougher.

The deal will fulfil a campaign promise by Obama to allow California's tougher emissions standard to be enacted.

The iPhone is an expensive data hog that soaks up airtime, and there's always a risk the networks will start playing tougher.

The survey is likely to spark renewed calls for shareholders to take a tougher line to control boardroom pay.

If the economy stumbles again before inflation is put back in its box, he will face a much tougher test.

They wanted tougher rules that would have forced the companies into bankruptcy unless the union agreed to painful wage and benefit cuts.

One thing that even they have said as well is they want a tougher line on China, not necessarily a bipartisan line on China.

and recovery from these patterns can be tougher than to look at the rapidly recurring patterns.

tougher drug laws are the main reason why one in five black American men spend some time behind bars.

But collaboration between disciplines is a tougher problem than collaborating within a discipline.

Y: Don, flying is tougher than walking or running, right? So how come birds don't get winded and run out of breath?

Yet the improving numbers obscure signs of underlying weakness that point to a tougher environment ahead for banks.

Was that tougher than you expected?

He added tougher listing regulations on the LSE would be another reason why Rusal could take its business east.

Warlords have a slightly tougher time of it. Your opponents are less forgiving and more aggressive - watch your back!

However, partial indicators and anecdotal evidence suggest job cuts are spreading and that it is getting tougher for workers to find jobs.

Renewed strains on credit conditions may materialize from loan losses due to delinquencies and tougher capital rules, the IMF added.

Its fate may be assured in the Senate, but Republican representatives are likely to give the bill a tougher ride.

There has been agreement after a year of discussion on tougher budget rules for all 27 EU member states.

To get the Russians behind tougher sanctions you'll have to give them something big, like dropping the idea of missile defence for Europe.

Meanwhile, US president Barack Obama came under domestic pressure to take a tougher stance on the disputed election.

They expected that, when they were finished with their training, they would be bigger, stronger, tougher than when they started.

Property issues slumped after China's top planner said tougher measures were needed to help cool the real estate market.

The second two years of Mr Obama's presidency look like being a lot tougher than the first.

Opposition Conservatives have hit back, saying the government isn't doing enough and that they would be tougher on louts and boors.

In coming days China will come under pressure to issue a tougher response, during what could be some uncomfortable diplomatic meetings.

Some statisticians argue for a tougher standard of proof when researchers are fishing in large data sets.

Making the tougher safeguards universal would help inspectors. But even these can do only so much.

We could have been drawn against theoretically tougher opponents, but they're still going make life difficult for us.

That scheme was portrayed as a measure to "clear the decks" before introducing new, tougher immigration controls.

The case was brought by the Bush administration, but President Barack Obama has pledged to take an even tougher line on trade with China.

Many Republicans have opposed immigration reform without tougher enforcement of immigration laws and border enforcement.

A revival in Chinese public stock offerings this year has made it tougher for foreign buyers to offer a price that looks competitive.

The labour ministry had favoured tougher rules , including a right to block deals if they threatened big job cuts .

Politics is a tougher business now than it used to be.

Oddly, tougher disclosure requirements may also have made it easier for investors to think that things had changed.

Back at home, asking out the plain girl next door can be tougher than the gorgeous girl on the exotic beach.

But tyrants hardly tremble at her tongue-lashing, or see any consistency in the application of tougher measures.

Historically, tougher bank attitudes have been associated with changes in the default rate for corporate bonds.

The team thinks the attachments, if mass-produced, could be made smaller and tougher, and sell for less than $100.

The election of Nicolas Sarkozy in France is also likely to bolster the ranks of those wanting a tougher EU line with Russia.

Since the attacks of September 11th 2001, regulators have got a lot tougher when implementing anti-money laundering provisions.

Obama administration officials touted the tougher car mileage standards announced yesterday as "truly historic" .

Manufacturers and their lobbyists in Washington have frequently pushed hard for the US to take a tougher stance on China's currency policy.

It would introduce tougher controls on particulate matter, or fine dust, which accounts for most premature deaths.

The rest, mostly insurance and utility investments, are tougher to value, but have publicly traded counterparts.

He also signalled that the US Democratic presidential candidate would push Europe to agree tougher sanctions against Tehran.

Although by themselves these actions are trivial, together they point to an increasing appetite for tougher action against China.

In a tougher test of mice that developed breast cancer spontaneously, PL blocked both tumor growth and metastasis.

I wish I knew exactly where or who I heard this before, but concrete is much tougher on the joints than asphalt.