They operate on the theory that rugged conditions and tough discipline can break antisocial behavior or even criminal habits.

He's gone with me to Africa, Kosovo and Macedonia under rugged conditions.

As at the prisons, inmates worked hard under rugged conditions and had limited supplies of food.

Despite the rugged conditions, Savige led from the front.

Slalom is normally not considered a dangerous event, although the course was in especially rugged condition when Hubertus made his run.

We'll keep our heads down because if there are rugged conditions, someone will crash.

The film was begun on location in Guatemala, under rugged conditions (jungle diseases and cash shortages were frequent).

The firm's range of machinery would be better equipped and sturdier for the rugged Irish conditions.

Such rugged conditions would send most drivers speeding for the nearest paved superhighway.

However because of fraudulent land sales and rugged conditions, the settlement was abandoned in the 1840s.