She peppered her speech with the phrase "get real, " and said she has the necessary toughness to bring about real change in both foreign and domestic policy.
But during the Afghan war there has been a new toughness in the Pentagon's message to countries that long for the prestige and influence that may come from fighting alongside America in high-tech, high-intensity warfare.
As we wrote in this piece when he assumed responsibility for oil spill oversight a month ago, Dudley has proven his managerial toughness over the years (especially in tangles with the Russian government when he was head of TNK-BP).
Sharapova did, particularly for someone who has precious little match "toughness" heading into the Australian Open.
Quietly, and belying its reputation for toughness, Labour has moved towards a more liberal approach to criminal rehabilitation.
That mix of toughness and thoughtfulness has marked him ever since.
UN's new toughness towards Albanian extremism has also had a beneficial effect in Macedonia.
For all his toughness, Mr Osborne has had to resign himself to borrowing more than that amount for the entire Parliament.
Since taking over as the Rangers' head coach in February 2009, Tortorella also has sought to cultivate a collective toughness and orneriness within the locker room, and by striking a similar public pose, he shows his players that his words and actions are consistent.
The reason for this toughness is that comprehensive reform has little chance of passing both Houses on the backs of Democrats alone.
But toughness pays dividends inside Germany, even as it has its price outside the country.
She has represented the United States and our interests in the United Nations with skill and professionalism and toughness and grace.
The toughness of these bugs--which are types of bacteria or archaea called extremophiles--has long attracted researchers hoping to put them to work in industrial settings such as environmental cleanups or fuel production.
Predictably, short-seller advocacy groups lamented the toughness and cost burdens of the new regulations, under which a trader wanting to short a particular stock has to find a price above the prevailing national best bid and offer price if the stock has already fallen 10% or more from the previous trading session.
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