Instead, be comfortable saying no, and dealing with the occasional tears or tantrums.

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Three years later, her singles Hot Stuff, Bad Girls and No More Tears, a duet with Barbara Streisand, all shot to number one in the charts.

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If coping with it can be described as regularly breaking down in tears for no apparent reason sometimes in front of senior officers and soldiers whom I hold the utmost respect for.

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She quickly returned home and from the moment she got off the plane to resume her battle with leukemia, she issued an order to her parents: no moping and no tears.

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When she lost contact with the last remaining member of her crew, Logan -- speaking through tears -- said she had no doubt at that moment she was going to die.

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