Having lost so badly in the first face-off, Mr Bush's second and third performances were bound to look better by contrast.
Reconciling both of these views is a bit like walking a tightrope or standing in the middle of a see-saw: perfect balance is necessary to achieve the second in the face of the first.
Mr Killen, an elderly preacher who has pleaded not guilty, is the first person in the case to face trial on specific murder charges.
It means Hull have the chance of playing in the top flight for the first time in their history when they face Bristol City on 24 May.
But the 30-year-old will be one of six pacemen vying for places in the team to face England in four Tests, the first of which starts at Lord's on 10 July.
The midfielder was accidently kicked in the face during the first half and after being briefly knocked out, was substituted at the break.
It's also an oddly consensual approach for a political firebrand, carrying the additional danger of appearing timid in the face of the First Minister's decade of ministerial experience.
Early in the second half, referee Alain Hamer of Luxembourg dismissed the Algerian goalscorer Mamouni, who had been booked in the first half, for needlessly pushing Ahmed Hassan in the face.
But although the company was at its peak in terms of size, it made its first loss in 2001 in the face of rising fuel prices, a shortage of trained drivers and tougher demands from its customers.
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For the first time in years, the Canadians also face a foreign challenge in retail banking.
The company isn't unaware of these issues and is constantly tinkering with its internal software that rates Web sites to eliminate the tricks that less-useful sites can use to artificially increase their rankings and get in your face in the first place.
"There is a possibility that the company could face a liquidity crisis in the first half of next year, " said Henry Diamond, a diversified services analyst with Credit Suisse First Boston.
In my judgement, it also appears entirely consistent with, indeed highly conducive to, the realization of another of your deeply held priorities -- namely, your commitment to rebuild the nation's military so as to enable it to contend with the serious security challenges we will likely face in the twenty-first century.
Asking the wealthiest Americans first is a logical step in the face of public opinion and economic reality.
The Chipolopolo will also face Swaziland and Eritrea in the first round of the qualifying series that start in February.
In the short term, EU leaders are to meet for their first face to face talks on the crisis at a planned summit in Brussels in two weeks time.
Connie Culp received the first near-total face transplant in the U.S. She was injured by a bullet in 2004 when her husband shot her.
It also worked on the Vikki Thompson murder trial, in which Mark Weston became the first person to face a second murder trial after new DNA evidence came to light.
In the women's draw, Serena Williams meets Stefanie Voegele in the first round but it is her potential last eight face-off against Henin that has caught the eye.
In 1993, in Geneva, the leaders of Bosnia's Serbs, Croats and Muslims met face to face for the first time in three months to press rival plans for the division of their war-ravaged state.
Fans roared when Spencer Hawes rejected James' shot late in the first quarter, swatting the ball back in his face.
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He was already a hero in Austria for having made, with three others, the first successful ascent of the infamous north face of the Eiger in 1938.
Derry City will face former winners IFK Gothenburg in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup while Irish compatriots Drogheda face HJK Helsinki.
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That's in part because Armstrong is the first athlete to face a serious doping case without losing his popularity, and in part because his popularity is invaluable to the attention-challenged sports he favors.
Rangers F Derek Stepan took a puck in the face in the first period and skated off but returned a short time later.
First, in the face of a disease such as malaria, which kills up to 2.7m people a year, speed is itself a virtue, for which some sacrifice in quality may be worthwhile.
Defending champion Federer meets Australia's Peter Luczak in the first round, but could face his fellow Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka, last-year's runner-up Robin Soderling, Latvia's in-form Ernests Gulbis and Murray en route to the final.
Ferrer recovered from 4-1 down in the first set and will next face Roger Federer who eased past Korea's Hyung-Taik Lee 6-4 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals for the third year in a row.
Wigan Athletic, appearing in the final for the first time in their 81-year history, face Manchester City.
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