Rising Costs of Movies The fight with the directors is only one example of a get-tough attitude by the studios that nearly crushed the Screen Extras Guild a few months ago.

Cox will contribute $500,000 in public-service television announcements featuring Mr. Walsh, whose gravelly voice and get-tough attitude have become trademarks on his show where he hunts down real-life criminals.

Coach Carter Samuel L. Jackson in the true story of a Richmond, Calif., high school basketball coach with a get-tough attitude: he forces his players to maintain passing grades, and even wear ties on game days.

"This is the get-tough attitude on behalf of auditors," said Christopher Weafer, head of research at Troika Dialog, a Moscow brokerage house.

Pundits doubt her get-tough attitude will redeem her reputation as "."

The get-tough attitude follows the widely publicized killings of foreign tourists last year, including the shooting of a British visitor at a highway rest stop 35 miles east of the Florida capital.

One reason for the get-tough attitude may be a crime rate that has risen along with the population of the county.

There is also a new get-tough attitude toward the unions.

The two decisions may indicate a new get-tough attitude by regulators, antitrust lawyers and Wall Street traders said.

The almost universal get-tough attitude toward crime.