51.   He was hot-tempered and as tough as any man with stripes on his sleeves, and eager to prove it.

52.   He was tough as nails.

53.   Hill asserts he is as tough as the situation calls for, but he admits he favors conciliation to confrontation.

54.   His radio commercials are as tough as ever, but in speeches he pleads for justice for the family farmer and the elderly Medicare recipient.

55.   I hope your bite is as tough as your bark.

56.   I think it is as long and tough as anywhere we have played.

57.   If he is as tough as Payton, Lewis just might play.

58.   If a shoe is nonskid, grease- and water-resistant, and tough as nails, it might be considered kitchen-worthy.

59.   I have to keep my chin up, as tough as that is.

60.   I knew he was tough as a bull and I had to outsmart him in the later rounds.