"H.M.O.'s are tough bargainers, and some of them have very substantial market power."

President Reagan is fond of saying that the Russians are tough bargainers.

Bruenor, the toughest bargainer this side of the mountains, didn't play that game.

Lamoriello is a tough and shrewd bargainer who sometimes gets good players to sign for less than market value.

He was a tough bargainer but always gentle and soft-spoken.

I feel like I am a tough bargainer, too.

That would enable union leaders to portray themselves as tough bargainers who can win substantive gains for their members.

On her father's reputation in the music business for driving a hardbargain: "He is a tough bargainer.

He was a man with a formidable reputation in the City, a leading expert on maritime law - and a tough bargainer.

In a letter to Elvis, the manager reveals himself as a tough bargainer.