She was tough but wonderful with her patients.

她很严厉，但对病人很好。

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Sarina Harper, a 19-year-old student at Virginia Tech, was faced with a tough dilemma when she first started college in 2015 — pay rent or pay to turn in her chemistry homework.

19岁的萨琳娜·哈珀是弗吉尼亚理工大学的一名学生。2015年，她刚开始上大学的时候，面临着一个两难的选择：要么交房租，要么花钱交化学作业。

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Sarina Harper, a 19-year-old student at Virginia Tech, was faced with a tough dilemma when she first started college in 2015—pay rent or pay to turn in her chemistry homework.

19岁的萨琳娜·哈珀是弗吉尼亚理工大学的一名学生。在2015年刚开始上大学的时候，她面临着一个两难的困境：要么交房租，要么花钱交化学作业。

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Some analysts say that Speaker Pelosi and President Barack Obama complement each other, with her tough, behind-the-scenes way of getting things done, and his gift for inspiring many with his public speeches.

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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.

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Ms. Lambert, however, goes a little overboard with her film-noir, tough-gal voice "The Futures" reads like the history of commodities as told by Raymond Chandler.

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That cadre endures a month of tough drilling with Webb, learning her techniques and sensibilities, as well as how to teach her method to new hires.

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