He wanted the rest of the country to know what made these men cry.

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Jeb Bush, a former governor of Florida, says Mr Rubio's oratory can make grown men cry.

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This race breaks people, it makes grown men cry.

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"Not everyone has gotten the memo that it's OK for men to cry, " he says.

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Clearly, the evidence supports the old stereotype that women generally cry more than men, whether the cause is biological or cultural.

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Kreamer also found that, on the job, men were more likely to cry for personal reasons, while women were more likely to cry because of something that happened at work.

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It was a painful admission, concedes Gutierrez, but both men agree it became a rallying cry for Kellogg employees.

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It's a far cry from the golden age of exploration, when daring men set sail into the unknown, fearful they might suddenly drop off the edge of the world.

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It is all a far cry from the time when Shavers was one of the most-feared men from a heavyweight era that also included the likes of George Foreman, Ron Lyle, Ken Norton and Joe Frazier.

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