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...easy as it sounds, particularly for the Clintons. These are two people who have defined themselves as tough, resilient, no-surrender fighters -- and who have virtually no recent or even memorable experience with defeat...
...talking plenty of trash, and looking to crush Kimbo's legend. "Obviously, Kimbo hasn't been tested," says Thompson. "No one, not the best MMA fighter in the world, will be able to live up to that hype." Thompson promises to go on the offensive, but Kimbo brushes the tough talk aside. "If he comes with aggression, that's like gasoline igniting a fire," Kimbo says...
Though it may help me "feel effective," reducing my own carbon footprint is a little like a white American in 1963 pledging personally not to discriminate against an African American [May 26]. Now as then, we need tough national laws putting everyone on the same (green) playing field--and international agreements, as well. We must prove not just our individual virtue but also our collective courage and political will. (The Rev.) Fred Small, LITTLETON, MASS...
...Iran's parliament on Wednesday - a vote that boded ill for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Larijani, a high-profile arch-rival of the President, addressed global themes in his address to the opening session of the Majlis, dressing down the International Atomic Energy Agency and praising Hizballah. Despite the tough talk that was welcomed by some of the legislators with shouts of "God is great!" and "Death to America!" Larijani received a congratulatory call from European Union Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana - an old negotiating partner. While Iran's insistence on its right to enrich uranium unites all major factions...
...careful to downplay the role his faith played in complex matters of life and death, such as the invasion of Iraq. "You don't put a hotline up to God and get the answers," he says. At the same time, he plainly thinks his faith has helped him make tough decisions. "The worst thing in politics," he says, "is when you're so scared of losing support that you don't do what you think is the right thing. What faith can do is not tell you what is right but give you the strength...