The slowing economy may have extended RPTV's lease on life with a size bang for buck that's tough to beat, but ultimately customers opted for bright flashy flat-panel HDTVs that offer easier wall-mounting options while seeming to get bigger, lighter and cheaper every year.
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That's tough at any time, tougher when Republicans announce that they have no intention to compromise on anything.
And that's tough for those Democratic candidates to find a place that they could agree with Republicans because they're going to have their Democrats to worry about.
Traditionally the new man has to prove in his first test that he's no pushover, that he's tough.
The Rams run a motion offense that's tough to defend, grab rebounds by the dozens, and are a savvy, veteran team that doesn't turn the ball over.
The likelihood that it has a broad-range appeal, that's tough to see.
But persuading people to increase energy efficiency, drive a bit less, curb flying, swap their economies to alternative fuels - in a context that involves every single country in some way or other - well, that's tough.
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The real problem for Apple is that it's tough to build a smart phone that can compete with the ease of use of a simple flip phone equipped with buttons.
That's a tough message, especially for those schools and colleges that have been coasting.
"Sometimes you get very frustrated on court and it's tough to control that and sometimes I do a mistake, so it's very tough to end a final like that, " he said.
Opposition socialists say this is proof that Sarkozy's tough security measures have been a failure.
Again, in these times, that's a tough pill to swallow for a small operation like ours.
That's a tough fight for Amgen, which has had one of the roughest years in its two-decade history.
That's especially tough on child amputees, who will outgrow several limbs before adulthood.
If we end up with fried computers or stolen personal data because of our incompetence, well that's just tough.
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But you know, if we look back that's a tough time when you're at school when you're 16 to 18.
Of course, they have to get it to him first and that's a tough task against the shot-blocking New York Rangers.
He argues that it's tough inventing characters whose fate readers care about.
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Simon Chesterman, a law professor at the National University of Singapore, notes that Britain's tough Official Secrets Act would also outlaw WikiLeaks' actions.
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And that's very tough for me because I don't want to be a hypocrite, but I got to tell you it's a dilemma for me.
That's really tough because there is a huge difference between what is episodic, call it television if you will, and the structure of a feature.
There was much conjecture on Friday that Jackson's tough-minded ruling could be the cudgel the parties need to get them back to the negotiating table.
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"Intel has such a good name and such a good reputation that it's tough to have to go out and work with an AMD, " he says.
Mitt, I appreciate that it's tough in the time of super PACs to say what you really think when there is so much hard-right money for the taking.
That's a tough sell to customers who, by definition, don't want to be tied to anything -- which is why the company just launched prepaid satellite internet access for the continent.
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That's a tough question, but many people love the Nasi Lemak Antarabangsa in Kampung Bahru, a predominantly Malay area in the heart of the city, cluttered with roadside stalls and al fresco food courts.
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