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After weeks of political softening up for a so-called "tough-love" budget the Treasurer has made few swingeing cuts in his plan for $22 billion in savings through to 2013-14 with the largest single saving being the new flood levy on those earning more than $150,000 raising $1.8 billion with a further deferral of $945 million in new road and rail projects in flood-affected zones.
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The author Amy Chua, she of Tiger Mother fame, extolled the virtues of tough-love parenting Chinese style.
Hugh Muir's diary 2011
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Chef Ramsay returns for a third season of helping restaurant owners with his signature tough-love approach.
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In a new one-hour TV Guide Network special, Tabatha's Hollywood Hair, tough-love stylist Tabatha Coffey looks back at the history of Hollywood hair.
Tabatha Coffey Traces the History of Celeb 'Dos for TV Guide Network 2011
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Neither tough-love imposed by elite Ivy League grads nor the generous-love imposed by elite draft-dodgers — forgive the unfair labels — will do.
Meier: White knights and false villains in education Valerie Strauss 2010
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Everyone loved how Obama used his tough-love language on Blacks and challenged people in the community to stop "making excuses."
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The tough-love requirement also meant that the bailouts were priced at punitive interest rates, increasing worries that already-high debt burdens were unsustainable.
Political Issues Built Flaws Into European Bailouts Stephen Fidler 2011
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It is remembered as a failure not because Americans of the time rejected a tough-love appeal but because two days later Carter asked his Cabinet members to resign, creating an air of political chaos.
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Surely there must be some tough-love solutions to childhood poverty that are more politically feasible. brad daly Says:
Matthew Yglesias » Jeb Bush Says We Could Learn From Swedish Schools 2009
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New series "Fairy Jobmother" (Lifetime at 11) begins as a tough-love career specialist, Hayley Taylor, tries to help families who have been struggling with long-term unemployment to revise their financial habits.
TV highlights for Thursday, Oct. 27, 2010: Jessica Simpson on 'Project Runway' finale Post 2010
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