11.   Fosgard tells of how he tries to show his German counterparts in the newly merged German-American company why fuel economy is a tougher sell here.

12.   Gingrich, at a single rhetorical stroke, made that a tougher sell.

13.   Her diplomacy was a tougher sell with Palestinians.

14.   It may be a tougher sell next week for the Treasury.

15.   It turns the Sonny and Cher story into a Mickey Rooney-Judy Garland movie, but such on-screen innocence is a tougher sell today.

16.   My husband had no problems with the moving part, but the horse was a tougher sell.

17.   So guaranteed job levels will be a tougher sell to GM executives.

18.   The approach worked in the Senate but the House was a much tougher sell.

19.   The crime issue is a particularly difficult one for Ms. Brown because law and order generally tends to be a tougher sell for female candidates.

20.   The fact that the company had burned through most of its venture capital and was a long way from being profitable made it an even tougher sell.