This high-tough game, not any flashy software package, is Oracle's fastest-growing business, up 82% in the past quarter.
Sure you can make a fortune selling watches, but high-end pieces are tough to move despite their high margins.
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These cases are high-quality and tough so they should be resilient.
More important, Rodriguez has also taught her how to be mentally tough in high-pressure situations.
Mr. DONATO: Even after this huge, high-severity fire and a tough place to grow trees, we're finding lots of natural conifer regeneration, which was very unexpected.
Landing one of those coveted, high-paying positions can be tough, though.
The technique works by focusing high-powered microwaves on plant-based material, transforming the tough cellulose molecules of the plant matter into volatile gases.
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And, though pure speculation, it seems likely that these institutions, after seeing their portfolios pummeled by the recent market turmoil--and noting Lexmark's high price, international exposure and likely tough Christmas season--simply took their profits.
Even in tough times, high-level academics enjoy tenure and have been largely spared from job cuts.
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"It's tough working for high-end people who want you to be their full-time slave, " says Darlene Barnes of her old job as a personal chef.
First of all, it is extremely tough to find high-quality engineers.
Cameron said he knew that Coulson's appointment would be "controversial" but that the party felt his experience as a tabloid editor meant he was tough enough for the high-pressure role.
One returning speaker is Vincent Gassetto, the principal of a high-performing public middle school in a tough area of the Bronx who urged those in attendance last year not to overlook his diverse and enthusiastic talent pool as arts funding shrivels.
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That makes it tough to attract large and high-tech corporations.
If you join a fund late in the year, for instance, and a handful of its high-flying stocks were sold during the summer, tough luck.
Yes, it invites high-ranked non-Tour members to participate, but the TPC Sawgrass course is never set up as tough as the courses used for the majors.
High-performing companies must be able to persevere through a tough business climate and still stand out from peers in growth, return to investors and future prospects.
There are such high points as a voluptuous Gaston Lachaise nude, a tough-minded Cubist Max Weber, a raucous William Glackens, a lovely two-sided sheet of Thomas Sully watercolor sketches.
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The likely reasons behind these troubling trends are things rarely discussed in "the narrative"--concerns like high costs, taxes and regulations making it tough on industries that employ the middle class.
The country, its companies and its citizens are all weighed down with debt, which is why the current-account deficit is so high and the dollar is having a tough time of it.
Neal took a crisp feed from Malkin from the high slot to the right circle and beat Nabokov with a tough-angle shot inside the right post to tie it 45 seconds after Strait's goal.
But Neal took a crisp feed from Evgeni Malkin from the high slot to the right circle and beat Nabokov with a tough-angle shot inside the right post to tie it 45 seconds after Strait's goal.
Luckily, I'm on a teaching scholarship, so I don't have to pay, but I just wanted the high-school seniors out there to know that it's even tough for those of getting advanced degrees, that we have a very hard time getting into programs sometimes.
The 37-year-old, though, admits it will be a tough ask to re-focus this week following the high of events at Celtic Manor.
"Some sectors are booming while others, which are very interest rate-sensitive and sensitive to a high dollar, are really doing it tough, " she says.
The network's entire lineup returned last night and took a hit, though year-over-year comparisons are tough because last fall included the ridiculously high debut for "Two and a Half Men" starring new hire Ashton Kutcher.
Agassi had endured a generally below-par year by his high standards and it was to prove a tough battle for gold, but as the memories flooded back he reeled off in quick succession how he did it.
Turns out high school isn't really all that tough to figure out after all -- so long as you can pass pre-calc.
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But as tough as they may want to make the locks surrounding their high-definition content, pirates will be all too eager to break into vaults guarding less valuable booty.
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