But it is dismaying that conservatives should feel a natural kinship with a figure whose defining characteristics would seem even to them to be a back up against the wall, a sharply limited number of options, and very little time remaining.
The Irishman appears to be riding better than ever and few would back against him notching up number seven next year, but one jockey he won't be coming up against is Pat Eddery, who retired after a glittering 36-year career in the saddle.
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Matching up against Chelsea's diamond formation, with Rooney floating and Antonio Valencia pushed up against left back Ashley Cole, United stifled their opponents' rhythm and just had the better of a keenly fought first half.
Reaching around the tree with both hands, joining his hands at the wrists, he sat himself up, leaned back against the tree.
And as police departments grapple with budget cuts and hiring freezes, neighbors are stepping up and battling back against burglary, theft and vandalism.
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The flanker will be up against utility back Foden, the Harlequins duo of Danny Care and Jordan Turner-Hall, and Leicester flanker Tom Croft, another surprising omission from head coach Ian McGeechan's Lions squad.
Jacinth smiled, her whole face beaming, whirled around and sped back up the drive, Bunny clutched against her neck.
But Wasps did well to come back against a fired-up Bristol side who attacked and defended right in the face of the European champions, shackling their rising star Dan Cipriani at fly-half.
At an April 9 council meeting, members voted 5-2 against putting the flag back up.
Every time you slide (nay, push) the display back, you can feel it rubbing up against the keyboard underneath.
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Heavy body shots put Gammer down in the first round, although he got up to battle his way back against 'The Nordic Nightmare'.
But Williams, Jones and Andy Powell - now dropped for disciplinary reasons - were outshone by Scotland's back-row and must up their game against France.
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Novak said he hurt his back while warming up at halftime of Game 5 against Boston but has been feeling better each day since.
"When a team wants to attack and comes up against an opponent that sits back and tries to close the space and not try to create its own chances, that's not always the football you want to watch, " said Iniesta.
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"We've had big projects before where if we came up against problems we just pushed the time back, " says Jasper, 58.
It was his first cap and he was up against someone who is now the record back cap holder for Scotland, but I thought Jamie did a great job.
He said he saw Mr Seddon in the water trying to break the windows of the car, before he climbed up on top of the vehicle to kick back against the windows with his heels.
He said further research is needed to back up the findings but suggested they could help in the fight against dementia.
Boyce and Scharner played key roles in last season's successful battle against relegation, while Mike Pollitt provided back-up to keeper Chris Kirkland.
But there is a distinction between kinds of haptics, like force feedback where device pushes back against you, and cheaper vibration haptics which turn up in mobiles.
He noted that he enjoyed his role in Michigan's loss in this year's Outback Bowl, where he lined up at running back and rushed 23 times for 100 yards against a talented South Carolina defense.
Against the back of the house all the mirrors stood lined up, slanted at different angles.
Luckily, I was a judge, he said, and when the police come up against a judge or an ex-judge they usually back off.
Forgive my little foolishness but I do like to go back to past claims of how everything is running out and measuring them up against reality.
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Back in January, with the whole country watching, this team lined up against the number-one ranked, undefeated Fighting Irish of Notre Dame, and dominated from the first possession.
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Midfielder Andriy Arshavin aggravated a groin injury playing for Russia in a World Cup qualifier against Wales in September and full-back Kieran Gibbs picked up a minor ankle injury with the England Under-21s.
He was hired in 1994 to strike back against Focus, a colourful upstart, which he managed by livening up the magazine's appearance, grooming its prose and publishing more provocative covers.
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The Russian, sometimes out of sorts in recent weeks, was seeing plenty of the ball on the left-hand side up against Hunt, a 20-year-old right-back making his first Huddersfield start.
The 29-year-old Chelsea full-back is facing up to the prospect of missing Saturday's FA Cup final against Aston Villa at Wembley - and believes that could spell the end of his chances of making Jose Antonio Camacho's Spanish squad.
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