1.   Ferguson salvaged at least a point from another tough assignment, the first of the season at the third attempt.

2.   He gave me tough assignments from the start-showed confidence in me, which helped me have confidence in myself.

3.   He was an outstanding fighter pilot who proved his mettle in a variety of tough assignments, including two wars.

4.   It was a tough assignment for two reasons.

5.   Sri Lanka had been a tough assignment.

6.   As sleekly seamless as the art nouveau party gowns she wears so well, Beckinsale makes this tough assignment seem as easy and natural as it can be.

7.   But a return to Afghanistan would be a tough assignment for this octogenarian monarch.

8.   But shaving his head every day was a tough assignment, even for him.

9.   Certainly, the task of tracking a fugitive bin Laden in the wilds of Afghanistan and bringing him to justice is a tough assignment for the U.S. military.

10.   Cunningham, who as a young man was blessed with marvelous jumping ability as well as a growing talent for composition, created a tough assignment for himself.