21. The handicrafts here are small carvings, made from the extremely hard nut of a palm tree. 22. The American sculptor H . C . Westermann ( 1922-1981 ) is a hard nut to crack. 23. They are a hard nut to crack. 24. He was a hard nut to crack. 25. Saeed " is highly educated and one who I would feel is a hard nut to crack," 26. This surrounds the very hard nut , which contains one ( occasionally two or three ) small, oil-rich seeds. 27. Both women are hard nuts , but one is a honeyed pecan and the other is salty and dry-roasted. 28. "The Hard Nut " premiered on January 12, 1991 at the Th��tre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels. 29. He's a hard nut to crack. 30. Jamil described his character as a'hard nut 'and a'tough guy', but saying underneath his character was a teddy bear.