Regular refs blow calls, too, a fact that seems to have been forgotten amid the bluster.
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But for all the bluster, the Kremlin remains wary, to put it politely, of really cracking down on mafia-controlled businesses.
So far, for all the bluster on both sides of the Atlantic, the political war has remained largely one of words.
Nonetheless, behind the shuffling and the bluster, skilled negotiators began from the start to work out quietly how the odyssey could end successfully, even swiftly.
But if you ignored all of the bluster and one-liners and instead focused on the policies the candidates were proposing, they were basically reading from the same script.
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Beneath all the bluster, signs of conciliation are increasingly emerging.
For all the bluster about the Big Ten being the heart and soul of basketball, it has just one national championship in the last 23 years Michigan State in 2000.
For all the bluster as Anadarko Petroleum balks at BP's demands it contribute to cleanup costs in the Gulf of Mexico, the most likely result is some form of settlement.
Most reckon the bluster coming from Washington, D.
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That tiny percentage is where all the bluster, hot air, and rhetoric is aimed at because those voters decide the election, whilst the vast majority of American is stubborn enough to stick with their party and denigrate supporters on the other side.
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"For all the bluster, I think, in the end, my hope is that people would all come together and that we'll find a way to evaluate teachers, reward the best, give some help to those that aren't doing a great job, " he said during a brief radio appearance Friday morning.
In the prehistoric era, the guy with the most bluster probably brought home the most bison.
Obama administration officials see the letter as a sign that Iran is feeling the strain of sustained economic pressure, and they suspect the recent bluster may be designed to create the impression that Tehran is entering a new round of diplomacy from a position of strength rather than weakness.
In both cases, Presidents Clinton and Bush let the bravado and bluster from the North Koreans die down, and within weeks coaxed them back to negotiations that suspended the programs for years.
Mixed in with all the nationalist bluster have been a few voices of moderation.
The recent bluster may indeed be a prelude to resignation a show of confidence to convince everyone that he is leaving on his own terms.
Journalist and actor Fernando Angelo focused on the supposed tendency to bluster of the Argentine "hermanos" (brothers), especially when it comes to football, claiming that the "Argentines are already saying that the new Pope is better than Pele!"
In September, a Chinese trawler rammed two Japanese coast guard patrol boats in the Senkakus, stoking Chinese bluster when the captain justly was arrested.
That charge, if more than just over-the-top bluster, would be close to an allegation of treason--suggesting that the president deliberately put our young men and women in harm's way for no purpose other than politics.
But before the pre-game bluster truly kicks off, let's step back into the other, more recent backstory where these current New York Giants have risen from.
In the end, the West must be prepared to stand up to the Kremlin's menacing bluster and mete out appropriate punishment to the Serbs for their genocidal aggression, or face much more of both.
In truth, the takeover talk may all be bluster--so far, the only name tipped as a possible buyer was General Electric, a prospect quickly nixed with the release of GE earnings.
For all its bluster, the government has yet to decide how to deal with the miscreants.
For all its bluster, the government seems reluctant to sink relations with Israel altogether.
Mr. Reiner thinks the disclaimer 144 words in total is, for the most part, bluster.
Indeed, for all ministers' bluster, the government is taking few practical steps to clamp down on the offending sales.
Despite his trademark bluster, the 55-year-old Iranian president is visiting New York with Tehran in a weaker position than in previous years.
The wonder is that the North's bluster-for-cash strategy still gets taken seriously.
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