"My stomach always got a little restless on a tough deal, but it was no worse than normal that time."

They found him a shrewd opponent who struck a tough deal but kept his word once a bargain was made.

And, for all the furor, it appears Louisiana has cut a tough deal with gambling operations.

She really understood the tough deal Maggie had to live with.

When you've got all the expectations on you, that's a tough deal.

I'd been summoned by the powers-that-be to the station, and it was a tough deal.

"He puts together a tough deal;" Joshua said, sounding unhappy.

"John had a tough deal for him and his family," said Riley.

"I'm not pleased with it completely," he said of the plan, calling the compromise "a tough political deal."

He invited the Bush Administration to strike a much tougher deal.