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In a lengthy New Republic review, sociologist Alan Wolfe mostly praises the Thernstroms' tome on race: Their "tough-minded book serves the cause of racial justice."
Readers who accept The Bell Curve as tough-minded and realistic, and who assume that all criticism of it is ignorant and ideologically motivated, are not as far removed from Plato's cave as they might think.
The media, too, have begun to use positive adjectives to describe Putin's conduct of the war: "aggressive," "tough-minded," "determined," "decisive," "uncompromising," "no-nonsense."
For Johor, astute, tough-minded Sultan Abu Bakar avoided protectorate status by going to London to negotiate a straight alliance, getting a Consul rather than a Resident.
It advances McCain's campaign themes--integrity and fearless independence--while sating reporters who imagine that their questions about his "temper" amount to tough-minded scrutiny.