But when people foul up in a spectacular fashion, especially when it involves a personal matter, Americans will give them a break and a second chance -- as long as they stand up like a man or a woman, admit they screwed up, say they're sorry and look like they damn well mean it.
He fears that if they play like that again and stand off the French they will be picked off at will.
All of them had been contacted just one day before and asked if they would like to stand behind the President, and several said it had been a hectic but exciting 24 hours.
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No one will even stand up and say they like it, President Obama included.
They stand before cameras blinking uncomfortably, like moles newly emerged into sunlight.
If they think they can stand up to it - like an Aitken, or like a Neil Hamilton, who had been a government minister, fluent speaker, intelligent man, barrister, and so on - those people can well take it on the chin and hit back.
Even Mr Hartz has admitted that the reforms as they now stand are unlikely to create anything like the 2m jobs he had originally hoped for.
They would hold the ropes, try to stand up on door-like planks and attempt to emulate the ocean surfers that they had seen overseas.
If they don't like the Greek compromise, they should reject the "voluntary" offer, stand up for the sanctity of contracts and push for a proper default that would trigger CDS payouts.
"I hope they've been drinking so they can get loose and not stand there and be like, 'My boss is here, '" he said.
They should stand up and say: We might not like the political view of this guy, but he should be allowed to come here and say it.
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Like RIG, BP has stated they will stand up to whatever liabilities they are legally required to pay, and they have already paid hundreds of millions in attempts to contain the spill.
Ulysses, and those like him, do not stand a chance unless they dramatically change their consumption levels, debt levels and assumptions.
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Besides, kids ask all kinds of weird things, like whether they can fly or whether, if they stand on a chair, they can touch the moon.
And they are deadly serious about the fact that countries like ours that stand in the way will have to be wiped from the map, too.
If Western nations do so, they stand an excellent chance of ending the misrule of the Mussolini-like Butcher of Belgrade, Slobodan Milosevic, and creating conditions essential for peace in the Balkans.
But then they use their war chest to expand into other controversial areas, like stand your ground laws.
Instead officers say they're still checking drivers by getting them to do things like stand on one leg and walk in a straight line.
The seeds of doubt, planted by those who wish to harm us, will instead grow into flowering meadows like this one where we stand in today, for they cannot defeat the American spirit.
Once a worker makes enough to cover their basic needs, their perception shifts from what the amount allows them to physically purchase to social reference points like the work-life trade-off and where they stand in relation to their peers.
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Officeholders generally don't like issues with no place safe to stand, especially when they gain as much visibility as the so-called "nuclear option" has in the Senate.
It observes that the populations of Islamic countries and societies support Islamist parties like the AKP and Hizbullah and Hamas because they support what they stand for.
They have to juggle a multitude of different fare structures and handle tricky things like stand-by tickets.
In 2009 they expanded the stand-alone site Smosh.com to include original blog content, like a slide show of cats with afros.
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Paywall, like-wall, whatever wall they decide, The New Yorker took a stand.
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The stand out looks were those dresses with sheer cutouts that made them look like they were either painted on the bodies of the models or suspended on air.
But like the anti-establishment Jewish activists in San Francisco, American Jews ought to realize that on issues like Israel's survival and their own survival as Jews they ought to stand by their interests even when they seem to clash with their leftist and Democratic loyalties.
He is taking this position even as Republicans like Sarah Palin are delivering speeches in which they warn that Democrats are failing to stand tough against terrorism.
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