Pro athletes face aggressive state and local tax collectors, but where athletes reside can make a big difference.
On the other hand, there have been high school athletes who have come out, and I get the feeling that the backlash an openly gay pro athlete would face from angry fans and players would be counteracted by a backlash against those angry fans and players.
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Forbes sifted through news reports, foreclosure filings and property listings to uncover a dozen examples of high-profile homeowners, from pop stars to pro athletes, who face foreclosure or have at some point in the past year.
The chief face of the pro-Kremlin parties is Mr Putin, whose approval ratings still hover between 70% and 80%.
Gun-control groups have gained political influence but they face a powerful pro-gun lobby, led by the National Rifle Association, which insists it has the constitution on its side.
The activist tactics were different in the two cases and all perfectly legal, even though they may fly in the face of the pro-transparency trends that have dominated public and private sector efforts to clean up the mess of 2008.
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Might these companies expect a quid pro quo, next time they face a tricky planning application or regulatory issue?
Separated from their opponents by a thin margin, the right-leaning, pro-bailout New Democracy would face challenges all their own, including a tough road to a parliamentary majority, making further EU-proposed cuts and funding negotiations all the more difficult to pass.
In what the newspaper describes as a "show of open dissent from the Tory Left", Lord Brittan says Mr Hague will face similar criticism from other pro-European Tories after the election, if the Conservatives lose.
Equally, Mr Bauer's pension views fly in the face of the Republican Party's pro-business wing, which supports privatisation.
The 13-time Pro Bowl middle linebacker intends to return Sunday to face the Indianapolis Colts in what will almost certainly be his final home game.
If the court does not intervene, pro-life groups may consider legal action, but face a difficult hurdle.
In the face of these attacks, U.K. pro-choice activists are becoming increasingly organized.
Even if these latest pro-plaintiff reforms pass, companies still won't face juries and punitive damages, the most unpredictable aspects of the U.S. system.
Ronnie is no poker-faced pro, however - there's plenty of wincing and face-pulling when he falls short of the perfection he demands of himself.
Halfpenny has enjoyed a meteoric rise to the top after going from playing semi-pro club rugby a year ago to earning the call to face South Africa this summer.
The rise of far-right parties in Austria, Flanders, France and elsewhere reflects not so much a lurch to a xenophobic nationalism as an in-your-face protest to establishment politicians to halt their roughshod pro-European methods.
First, they must carry a pro rata profit actually earned by the fund, instead of a fixed return being tied up with their face value.
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In the face of a hawkish Republican rival and in front of an electorate that is in parts fiercely pro-Israel, Mr Obama may feel he has to welcome, or even build on, an Israeli fait accompli in a way he would not have done earlier and might not do after his re-election, should it come about.
TaylorMade has long been the number one driver on the pro tour and has constantly ratcheted up innovation, most memorably with the R Series, which introduced the adjustable face angle so that players could customize the clubs to suit their games in terms of hook and slice.
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