If they're not prepared to get tough with the banks we need a plan B.
Expectations can become unrealistic because companies tend to double their bets when things get tough.
There are also those, including many in Congress, who want to get tough with Mr Hussein.
And they feel that if other religions are going to get tough, they had better follow suit.
Mr Zuma may at last really mean to get tough with his recalcitrant neighbour to the north.
The government attributes its election victory in April to Mr Berlusconi's pledge to get tough on crime.
Avoid IPOs, set realistic expectations for your investments and, when times get tough, go with what you know.
Mr Bush has said the UN has to get tough with Iraq, or it would lose its credibility.
Laos, one of the poorest countries in Asia, has long been pressed by donors to get tough on narcotics.
That said, remembering all the riffs to tap out for the commands could get tough beyond a certain point.
Its aim is to force the Pentagon to get tough with military contractors that fail to deliver the goods.
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She said the regulator had failed to "get tough with the energy giants".
Often, especially when times get tough, the battle over lead quantity and quality takes over all conversations, formal and informal.
Indeed, it seems almost axiomatic that when the going gets tough for US administrations, administration officials get tough on Israel.
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A3XX gets its formal go-ahead, as now seems certain, Boeing will probably press the new American administration to get tough.
They tend to lack the emotional intelligence, the subtlety of character to elicit the best from their people when times get tough.
An added concern is that debt is a bigger burden for low-income people who have smaller financial cushions when times get tough.
Led by Rep. Bill McCollum (R-Fla.), proponents cited increases in the rate of juvenile crime and said it's time to get tough.
In exchange, Indonesia repeated its pledges to reform its economy and to get tough with the militia groups operating in West Timor.
The most popular politicians in Japan in recent times have been maverick governors who have promised to get tough on the central bureaucrats.
His office website touts his "get tough" policies and says his chain gangs contribute thousands of dollars of free labor to the community.
It makes little sense, from a European point of view, for France to get tough on illegal immigrants if Spain is granting an amnesty.
When things get tough remember those who persevere never regret the effort, and those who quit never know how close they might have been.
As Mr Kaplan reports, it is only in the last few years that the Japanese government has started to get tough with the yakuza.
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Now the organisation is planning to get tough by threatening fine dodgers with having their cars clamped - or even thrown in a crusher.
The big discounts are a function of one of the attractive elements of closed-end funds: managers are not forced to sell when times get tough.
Mr Cameron must heed the Lib Dems, who implore him to mend ties with Europe, dilute the health reforms and get tough on the City.
And he has pledged to get tough with all the propagators of illegal violence in Colombia, the guerrillas, the paramilitaries, the drugs traffickers and common criminals.
Having a plan for the hard times will also keep you from giving up and running back to the office lifestyle the minute things get tough.
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