Now he wants to tackle the tough issue of keeping basic business information current and relevant.
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For Japan, for example, in the agricultural sector, that's going to be a tough issue for them.
And anyone looking to quantify how much any specific factor is to blame could find it a tough issue to study.
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Iraq's a very tough issue, and people have weighed in, and, you know, lots of ways and expressed an interest in pulling troops back.
President BUSH: It has been a tough issue for a lot of people in the White House and it's - it's run its course and now we're going to move on.
Where you as the leader may be part of the problem in the mutual learning process, it may be necessary to ask a third party inside the organization, or a consultant from outside the organization to facilitate the transformation, or the resolution of a tough change issue.
The contact group in Geneva may show new resolve, issue tough statements and make contingency plans.
And he is willing to make tough choices on the issue of spending cuts, and that remains the case.
They judged, correctly, that Washington wouldn't so much as issue a tough-minded statement in response to this mockery of an election.
That does not go for Theo Waigel, the Bavarian party's chairman and federal finance minister, but he feels obliged to be tough on the 3% issue (tougher, indeed, than the Maastricht treaty requires) to avoid being outflanked by Mr Stoiber, his arch-rival.
It will not be controlled by the commission, and will issue money only under tough conditions set by the IMF.
The Department of Health says it is to issue a "get tough" message to those PCTs who are unnecessarily planning to close community hospitals in the face of local opposition, telling them such closures should not be implemented as "short-term budgetary pressures".
Mr Alkatiri has proved a tough negotiator with his neighbours on this issue.
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Other lawmakers helping write the legislation acknowledged the political challenges of the issue, even with the tough measures that could take more than a decade for those here illegally to overcome.
Regardless of where production goes, and future production is tough to figure, this part of the issue is simple.
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That historical reticence -- coupled with a life of fame that often finds celebs of all races surrounded by entourages who may not be willing to offer tough love -- can contribute to the issue.
"It's going to be rough, going to be tough, we're going to see this issue recur again and again over the years, " the historian said.
On the issue of government intervention he faced a tough challenge from a tea-partier in the primaries because his business participated in the cash-for-clunkers car-subsidy scheme (anathema to tea-party conservatives), but this doesn't seem to have hurt him much within the wider Republican base.
Vice-President Joseph Estrada, who wants to become president and revels in a tough guy image, is likely to relish the Spratlys issue.
The fact that Mr Perez Molina and Mr Baldizon are both promising a tough approach to tackling crime indicates the importance of the issue to voters.
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This is also tough to decide because spam is much more of a moral issue rather than a business one.
At a time when his staff are trying to project the image of a strong, tough president, looking too scared to voice an opinion about this iconic issue would have looked terrible.
That requires an energized, innovating talent force, which brings me to the third issue: attracting, motivating, and retaining talent This is surprisingly tough despite high unemployment.
The issue there is that proving the origins of processed metal can be very tough.
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