Day after day in the headlines, there it is once more, like an old warrior rising in the mist: Japan!

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Mr. GATES: As an old cold warrior, one of yesterday's speeches almost filled me with nostalgia for a less complex time.

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The call-up of the 24-year-old New Zealand Warrior is one of five changes made by coach Stephen Kearney to the side which beat Papua New Guinea 48-6 on the Gold Coast last Saturday.

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Jacques Chirac, in particular, is an old anti-drug warrior.

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The step pyramid was built above the tomb of pharaoh Djoser, a warrior who reigned in the Old Kingdom in the third dynasty for 19 years.

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The thieves are a band of Norman mercenaries, including a mysterious warrior who calls himself Harlequin, from the old French word hellequin, meaning a troop of the devil's horsemen.

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She said early discussions with 32-year-old Hiddleston about the role of the Roman general had centred on "ideas about militarism and what being an extraordinary warrior does to your mind".

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