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What does tough-minded mean?

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Adjective
  1. Not distracted from actual facts by enticements, intimidation, or sentimentality; steadfast in one's actions, commitments, beliefs, etc.
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That injects his analysis with a tough-minded realism that is often lacking in challenges to the hawkish view of the world.
The tough-minded approach isn't good news for high-tech companies looking for a return to glory days.
He has vision, a tremendous burst of acceleration, he runs low to the ground and he's a very tough-minded player.
We have embarked on a policy in Iran of tough-minded but constructive engagement.
But with sufficient will and attention, and a balanced, tough-minded approach, solutions are possible.
The worldly, tough-minded economist has joined the other-worldly, woolly minded theologian or classicist in the literary repertoire.

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