Since the mid-1990s, when tough state parity laws started taking effect, enrolment in managed mental health plans has doubled to 140 million.
And last, but certainly not least, the Lua is built mega-tough and state-of-the-art using only the highest-quality materials and most advanced technology.
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These are tough times for state governments, many of which are contending with huge budget deficits.
Mr Cardoso's allies faced some tough battles for state governorships, posts whose holders exercise strong influence over Congress.
But that will require some tough choices by state officials, and that's something many of them have shied away from.
But at the end of this tough road, state budgets, debt burdens, economy and currency will be back to a sustainable equilibrium.
France does not have majority support for an assault on tough EU rules against state aid.
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Penn State accepted tough sanctions that will likely hobble its football program for years, and it has taken steps to improve oversight of administrators.
After all, California's (nominally) Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently signed tough global-warming and state discount-drug laws.
Harris says the Clinton camp faced a tough reality: In every state where Obama has actively campaigned, he has won.
He is a tough career operator from the State Department who brokered the Dayton peace accords that ended the Bosnian war in 1995.
One-shots are traditionally used to balance state budgets during tough economic times, and they have been used in New Jersey for at least two decades.
Republicans oppose any assault weapons ban and rural-state Democrats facing tough re-election fights are unlikely to support it as well, meaning that proposal has little chance of passing Congress.
Mr. Arpaio makes frequent headlines not only for his positions in favor of the state's tough immigration laws and his unusual way of running the county jail, but for a number of federal investigations of which he has been a target.
He won this state in a really tough primary against John McCain in 2008.
This week Hillary Clinton, America's secretary of state, was admirably tough, condemning Russia's sales of arms to Syria.
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And it was in the tough school of Australian club and state cricket that he learned how to play the game.
The non-bankers on the Co-op's top board may not have asked tough enough questions about the true state of health at their bank.
Earlier in March, the Republican-controlled legislature in the state of Arkansas enacted tough abortion laws, banning the procedure after 12 weeks of pregnancy.
Arguing that the federal government should be allowed to disregard the sanctity of state laws is a tough sell at the Supreme Court level.
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California's state assembly has just passed tough Kyoto-style targets.
The support of Florida's Cuban American community was crucial to Mr Bush's disputed election victory and his brother Jeb, the current governor of the state, also faces a tough re-election battle in November.
As she pursues her mission, Ms. Zimpher is significantly expanding the traditional role of a SUNY chancellor while making a tough sales pitch to some of the state's most entrenched political, educational and social stakeholders.
Why are we shortchanging our children when we could be putting teachers back in the classroom right now, where they belong? (Applause.) Laying off teachers, laying off police officer, laying off firefighters all across the country because state and local budgets are tough.
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Mr. MARK WASSER (Attorney): It could substantially interfere with the ability of those courts to handle just the normal flow of litigation that they process, and so it's a tough question and elected officials in both state and perhaps the federal level are going to have to debate that.
So I recognize that a state like Nevada has to make tough choices.
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Gallagher's Senate bid left state party leaders worried that a tough primary battle with McCollum would cost them both offices.
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He doesn't have a record of producing of even half of the people of this state, so there are some tough odds.
But looking at how this state agency prioritizes its resources in tough times gives us insight into a problem that is endemic in public agencies.
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