The two countries are locked in a trial of strength over Iran's nuclear ambitions.

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Quite simply this is a trial of strength played out on the streets of Athens.

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Or will this rather techie issue become a trial of strength between Government ministers and parliamentary scrutineers.

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Can they really expect to win a trial of strength with Italy's legendarily stubborn (and sometimes violent) vested interests?

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This week Philippe Bodson, Tractebel's rebellious chief executive, ended a long trial of strength with Suez by offering his resignation.

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The trial of strength between the finance minister and the central-bank chief was becoming increasingly embarrassing, as both prepared to depart on Thursday for Washington to attend a meeting of the International Monetary Fund.

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The poll showed that 67 percent of voters surveyed said his work as a trial lawyer was a strength, while only 27 percent viewed it as a weakness.

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The 2012 Tour was thought to be well-suited to Wiggins' strength as a time-trial rider, and the absence of contenders like Alberto Contador (banned) and Andy Schleck (injured) opened up the field.

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She is truly a lovely woman who has the strength she needs to get through the trial.

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Another was to balance the foreign judges with a majority of Cambodian judges in the three courts that make up the tribunal (two are needed for appeals) without allowing them sufficient voting strength to block an indictment at the trial level.

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We hope she will gain some strength to enable her to stand the appeal trial.

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