31. Bellegarde proved to be a tough nut to crack and its 1, 000 surviving defenders only capitulated on 17 September. 32. Malaysia should not have any problems with Group A opponents Macau and Mauritius but Thailand will be a tough nut to crack . 33. It looks like a tough nut to crack , " said Santos about the rebels'liberal use of land mines. 34. "Let's face it _ that was a tough nut to crack , " an adviser to Clinton said. 35. Chela, 23rd on the ATP rankings, found Indian ace Paes a tough nut to crack as both sets went to the wire. 36. "I think it's a tough nut to crack , " said Miller, given that few Democrats support private accounts. 37. "I think it's a tough nut to crack , " says Ed Brogan, auto analyst at Jardine Fleming Securities. 38. The fake working title for this show was " A Tough Nut to Crack " to throw off outsiders about the contents of the episode. 39. But how such galaxies came to be is a tough nut to crack , because the galaxies most relevant to that issue are the farthest away. 40. Nelson Pressley, The Washington Post : Musical comedy is a tough nut to crack ; there is hardly a rarer commodity in show business anymore.