Its provincial hotels, like Hilton's or those of lesser groups, such as Jarvis, were never too hard-hit by world events, though foot-and-mouth disease hurt them in 2001.

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Never pressing too hard but remaining persistent, he would talk about what a great addition Younkers' 50-store chain would be for Proffitt's.

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William Weld, the most recent governor, a Republican, regularly suggested bringing back the death penalty, but, true to form, could never be bothered to work too hard at it.

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If you pick targets that are too hard or too risky, then you could end up never proving that your platform is worth anything.

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"She was an incredible woman, always full of energy and hard at work, but never too tired to share her love and a smile with everyone, " the post said.

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And that's part of the reason why I decided not to go for, you know, too much of a hard image, you know, never to pick up a gun in the piece, you know.

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As one can never have too much money, it now seems equally true that there's no such thing as a hard drive that's too big.

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