Well, Michele, it's a bill that deals with getting tougher on enforcing border laws.
In addition to some specific market weaknesses, CSCO is also displaying signs that its competition is getting tougher.
For the past couple of years, business was getting tougher and more competitive, traffic was getting worse, and the cost of living was spiraling up.
IMS, which tracks data at the pharmacy data for drug companies, also saw other signs that things are getting tougher for drug companies.
One would think a country of 1.4 billion people would have a surplus of workers, but hiring in China is getting tougher than ever.
Other countries, particularly those with big stockmarkets, are getting tougher, too.
The times are getting tougher still for beleaguered Radio Shack.
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Some states make you jump through more hoops than others, but overall the laws are getting tougher as child advocacy groups push for more industry oversight.
He added he will not make a final decision about 2006 until the off-season, but admitted the weekly grind of preparing for games is getting tougher.
With companies' share prices sharply lower and access to credit markets getting tougher, the omens for a rapid recovery in business investment do not look good.
However, it says, a number of countries including Indonesia and Papua New Guinea are getting tougher, and starting to bring prosecutions higher up the criminal food chain.
Competition is getting tougher among the main players there.
Mr Boyle said there had been "excellent results" from EU Structural Funding in the past but as the programme had progressed and resources reduced it was getting tougher to "sustain and match funding".
We estimate that wages and salaries rose 7.8% y-o-y in the past four weeks, exceeding the growth rate of 6.4% y-o-y in the past three months even though year-over-year comparisons are getting tougher.
For hedge funds themselves the debacle of 2008 will mean clients start getting far tougher.
Still, he expects that behind closed doors, the Pakistani prime minister was getting a much tougher message about the need to do more to fight extremists in the tribal areas.
It means that small businesses have had a tougher time getting credit and getting loans.
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The top concern in the survey is the business environment which financiers said is getting more important and tougher.
His boss could face an even tougher task getting Schering on course.
The applicant who is attractive but not really special in any one category is going to have a much tougher time getting in.
There are fewer late payments today in part because a couple of years ago, riskier buyers with poor credit histories had a tougher time getting a loan.
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When we talked a while back, just in the last debate, we talked about the bankruptcy bill, which had been pushed by the banks and the financial institutions, that said, basically, it will be harder for folks who have been lured into these teaser rates and then see their credit cards go up to 30 percent, that they would have a tougher time getting out of bankruptcy.
This month's UKIP success in English council elections was followed by a legislative programme for Westminster that features tougher rules on getting to work in Britain.
But the Nets got much tougher defensively, getting some help when the Heat got sloppy and started turning it over and missing free throws, including three in a row by James and Wade.
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