His toughness, perhaps even cynicism, served him well in Baghdad and Kabul as well as Washington.
He also personally stepped up with a hammer to demonstrate the toughness of his eco-friendly fenders.
But toughness pays dividends inside Germany, even as it has its price outside the country.
By imposing the ban, the President showed toughness against the oil companies and appeased the environmentalists.
"I felt the only real qualification to join this trip would be toughness, " says Ridgeway.
The toughness we have had I didn't think was there and it was required.
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"I love the mental toughness of our team the last eight or nine minutes, " Williams said.
And I wish I could say that this perseverance came from some innate toughness in me.
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"We wanted to bring a little of that blue-collar toughness to our team, " Bidwill says.
UN's new toughness towards Albanian extremism has also had a beneficial effect in Macedonia.
The entrepreneurial instinct is the mental toughness that is required to make something from nothing.
His reputation for toughness and probity could appeal to conservatives as well as reformists.
This is where the president needs to show his toughness and just do it.
Sharapova did, particularly for someone who has precious little match "toughness" heading into the Australian Open.
Branagan says he can increase the hardness and toughness of steel without a corresponding decrease in malleability.
"Our guys showed some mental toughness and resolve in the second half, " Miami coach Erik Spoelstra said.
His genre paintings retain an admirable toughness quite devoid of sentiment, despite their often soft subject matter.
But the England management have praised his leadership qualities and mental toughness, making him defensive captain against Wales.
Woodson reached out to him in the offseason about a comeback, seeking Wallace's defensive toughness and veteran leadership.
His sport requires incredible stamina, speed, mental toughness and the ability to master the water, bike and road.
Our character, toughness and the resiliency of our guys is maybe unlike any team I've ever been around.
No game is more tied to the modern identity of toughness, but that bravado is starting to fade.
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Confidence and toughness will be measured as much as policy -- in particular, John Kerry's confidence and toughness.
Along the way, she learned to accept and even appreciate what others had to say about her toughness.
"Aleksas is a hard working big man who will add toughness and smartness to our squad, " said James.
Quietly, and belying its reputation for toughness, Labour has moved towards a more liberal approach to criminal rehabilitation.
But it was still entirely sensible for Europe to say terrorism would not be "beaten by toughness alone".
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They measure our mental toughness, our capacity to grow and accept non-traditional ways of doing things.
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Democrats, of course, think the real point is that Obama is finally showing the toughness that is needed.
Another motive may have been to show toughness at home when a concession was being made to America.
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