Mr. GENE BEAUPRE (Political Scientist, Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio): Steve has a reputation as being really a loyal Republican soldier in a fight if you will.
Democratic officials said privately it would be too risky a battle to try to undo the sequester on that funding bill, fearing that Democrats would be blamed if a fight forced a government shutdown.
The Kurds insist they want peaceful change, but they are ready for a fight if it comes to it.
Some say that initiative could spur a whole new wave of litigation based on discriminatory hiring practices, though plaintiffs could have a tough fight if the policy is found to have been discussed but not implemented.
"We hope to establish a continental plan for prevention, and if necessary a mechanism to fight this outbreak that has not yet affected Africa, " the AU's Peace and Security Commissioner Jean Ping said in Addis Ababa.
"There's a sense that if you fight for an issue, things can change, " says community activist Kathy Weremiuk.
As you can see we are ready for a fight and if we keep this fighting spirit I'm sure we will get there.
"I'd be a liar if I said I wanted a world title fight now, " he said.
Courting controversy only works if the fight a brand picks is one that its core consumers embrace.
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If there is a fight, the French finger of accusation seems to be already pointing at Britain.
If they fight a good fight for the "No" camp and lose, Sinn Fein will probably strengthen their position.
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If Serbia picks a fight over Kosovo, the Germans and others will have found the perfect excuse to leave Serbia out in the cold.
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If Gates chooses a fight to the death, it could take three years and a trip to the Supreme Court before we have a final winner.
The French are unlikely to surrender the post without a fight, so if Mr Trichet is ruled out they might have to look for an alternative.
"If this was a fair fight and there wasn't this poison pill, this would be an open and shut case as of this morning, " said Alex Potter, an analyst at Collins Stewart.
So if these folks want a fight, it's a fight I'm ready to have.
If it came to a fight, Mr Djukanovic might well go down with guns blazing.
And I've always said if there's a fight there to be fought, then I'll fight it for James.
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This can get expensive, and it can take months or even years if a disgruntled relative starts a fight about your assets.
Shadow Cabinet members Ed Balls and Hilary Benn could face a fight for one seat if their nearby constituencies in West Yorkshire are partly amalgamated.
"If I'm not motivated, and the competition is not there, if it's a meaningless fight, it's time to roll, man, " Hopkins said by phone Sunday.
The morning that Todd heard the news of Correnti's ouster, he called him up and offered him the top job at Birmingham, if they could win a proxy fight.
Now, I know there are some who would have preferred a protracted political fight, even if it had meant higher taxes for all Americans, even if it had meant an end to unemployment insurance for those who are desperately looking for work.
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When Yuba City and Del Campo High junior varsity baseball players brawled earlier this week during a tournament in California, something did not happen that might have taken place if the fight were, say, outside a convenience store: someone calling the police, and arrests being made.
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"If we have to go through a test every week, I don't see a problem with that if it's useful to fight what happened in other sports, " Nadal said at a press conference Saturday ahead of the VTR Open, which starts Monday.
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Wind data is being gathered for a possible wind farm nearby--a project that, if it were to move ahead, would surely spark a fight with environmentalists, who for 15 years have asked Congress to designate the Alvord a wilderness area.
Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney were expecting, if not hoping for, a climactic fight to the finish.
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If two candidates get into a fight, the third candidate usually gains.
If you have psoriasis, however, the T cells attack healthy skin cells by mistake, as if to heal a wound or to fight an infection.
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