British politicians are much more accustomed to the cut and thrust of face-to-face debate.
Weak ones would be marginalised and maybe even killed in the cut and thrust of male competition.
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It seems that sitting in our pajamas all day does not always trump the cut and thrust of face-to-face office work.
The Irish legend would have loved the early cut and thrust with Sebastien Chabal and Heaslip exchanging a couple of ferocious hits.
After all, they argued, isn't leading an army or building a political empire a bit like guiding a company through the cut and thrust of modern business?
They were helped by the hosts lacking their usual cut and thrust, but it would be unfair to not give Wolves a lot of credit for stifling their opponents.
It may have been planned or written before Mr Manley's outspoken remarks but, nevertheless, will answer critics without involving the Queen in the cut and thrust of Canadian party politics.
Perhaps it is true that she aims to be the ultimate king maker, the spirit of conservatism, hovering above the cut and thrust of real politics ready to anoint a lucky candidate.
There was a pleasing cut and thrust developing in the game, with Ramsey and Sam Ricketts - catching the eye with a dashing display from right wing-back - looking particularly dangerous for Wales.
The protection they receive from farmers is, in evolutionary terms, a quid pro quo for the fact that their physiologies are modified to serve human ends, rather than being sharpened for the cut and thrust of life in the wild.
Their format is unlively, with little cut-and-thrust allowed among the men on the platform.
But percolating along at 3, 500 rpm in second gear about where you'd be in the cut-and-thrust of commuting traffic the C30 Polestar lights up like a Tommy gun.
It is an unforgettable, magical journey, where you are cut off from the rest of the world and thrust into what little nature remains of this vast tropical island.
"But the overall thrust is going to be that 95 percent of working families are going to get a tax cut and the wealthiest Americans ... are going to give up a little bit more, " Obama said.
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