America has a choice either to be increasingly rendered a mere bystander, letting political correctness usurp progress or to emerge from the shadows of its super-power status and take a firm stand in the international energy arena.

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As his troops were being blown apart by French artillery at Waterloo, the Duke rode up and told them to stand firm and take the "hard-pounding".

BBC: Ashdown says Lib Dems should 'take pounding and stand firm'

The Enron trial in Houston saw Jeffrey Skilling, the firm's chief executive for six months in 2001, take the stand.

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So Liberal Democrats must take the pounding of the electorate, ignore the many casualties in their ranks, and stand firm to their principles.

BBC: Ashdown says Lib Dems should 'take pounding and stand firm'