Mark Hurd wanted people experienced with tough problems, like laying off fifteen thousand people.
Faced with tough situations, good people try to do their best to make the right decisions.
Governments will have to grapple with tough choices under any global emissions policy strategy.
Many will be faced with tough choices about tightening their budgets during the holiday season.
Such crude appeals, combined with tough talk from congressional Republicans, turned off many Hispanic voters.
And for big stockpiles, and in countries with tough environmental rules, that may not be possible.
Seoul has responded with tough talk of its own and has placed its troops on high alert.
How would Reaganism be remembered if it hadn't had that dose of schmoozy charm blended with tough guile?
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Harsher punishment has been tried, with tough minimum sentences introduced in 1997, but seems to have had little effect.
Nonetheless, Beijing is responding with tough anti-inflation rhetoric and normalization of credit and liquidity flows back to pre-stimulus levels.
Previous smaller deals had also met with tough scrutiny from Australia's foreign-investment watchdog.
Centrist and conservative Democrats, especially those with tough re-election prospects in 2014, are hardly rushing to embrace new gun controls.
Faced with tough competition at home from no-frills airlines, big American carriers are all seeking to boost their international services.
The influx of foreign competition in China, particularly in manufacturing and electronics, has provided the locals with tough, world-class training.
The partnership with Tough Mudder, which holds endurance races over obstacle courses, represents the first endurance event sponsorship for Under Armour.
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When his mindset with tough teams is questioned, Izzo puts it bluntly.
The increase in inquiries correlates with tough economic times, von Halle said.
For businesses it could mean more: Changing business strategy, overhauling financial systems, moving into new markets or coping with tough competitors from abroad.
It requires making sacrifices, wrestling with tough choices and telling Americans the hard and unpleasant truth -- all the things that politicians hate to do.
He said the measure would help "break the cycle of offending", with tough community sentences being combined with efforts to address the root causes of crimes.
Unfortunately, Germany's government seems to be drawing exactly the opposite conclusions, promising to set an example with tough cuts when it should be helping to stimulate growth.
She learned the subject so well, Koplin said, she kept on winning even after the producers "threw the book" at her with tough questions aimed at eliminating her.
Several of the bill's authors have said the American public only is willing to accept citizenship, still derided by some as amnesty, if it comes with tough conditions.
It's important that we continue with tough messages on that.
When faced with tough questions like these, take a deep breath, slow down, and then sound out your thinking process aloud, and walk the interviewer through how you get to an answer.
Second, by accepting that bail-out funds can go straight to banks, Mrs Merkel has made a big shift from her insistence that help could go only to governments, with tough conditions attached.
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Companies in the South Asian nation, despite its rapid economic growth in recent years, have often been faced with tough labor issues because of archaic laws and company policies on hiring and retrenchment.
The institute also released the results of a new study on Thursday that found that booster-age children are significantly less likely to be seriously injured in crashes in states with tough restraint laws.
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