Rick is a loner who won't let his idealism get the better of his pragmatism.
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First, women in charge of such a crucial negotiation would not let testosterone get the better of them.
Federer made a slow start but recovered to get the better of Spain's Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-3 6-4.
From this vantage point, Clinton seemed to get the better of the exchange on health care, Obama on Iraq.
He has been really positive with his attitude and hasn't sat back and let anyone get the better of him.
Being recognized for a comedic role is uncommon at the Oscars, but Downey isn't letting the nod get the better of him.
In the absence of codified rules of conduct, it is not merely possible that the rich and powerful will get the better of ordinary citizens.
Put your best people in a cohesive group, and chances are that sooner or later these group dynamics will emerge and get the better of them.
"Uniquely in almost 16 years of being a constituency MP, but probably unwisely, I let my true feelings get the better of me, " Mr Loughton told MPs.
Mr Goodwin has written a rich and entertaining book but he has occasionally allowed his affection for the Ottomans to get the better of his historical judgment.
Top seed Caroline Wozniacki will face either Clijsters or Li in the quarterfinals if she can get the better of Serbia's former world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic .
Unfortunately, as age, vodka and the wooziness of barely diluted power get the better of him, Mr Yeltsin is utterly failing to do this part of his job.
The Bulgarian bore down into the penalty area and used his body strength to get the better of the chasing El Karkouri before curling the ball past Scott Carson.
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General rules when it comes to breaking bad news: Don't put it off, don't pass it off to someone else and don't let your emotions get the better of you.
"I guess the fact that this woman, who had decided to make some example of me, while everyone else was left undisturbed, did get the better of me, " Baldwin wrote.
Italian pair Loris Capirossi and Marco Melandri will be there or thereabouts, however I have a suspicion that Stoner might get the better of his new team-mate at Ducati, Capirossi.
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Unless you employ what is known as "basic strategy" (meaning that you make the best move in every situation), the house will get the better of you the longer you play.
When he does get the better of Lundqvist in a breakaway drill, Dubinsky never fails to punctuate the sequence by raising his arms and shouting in celebration a way to tweak his hyper-competitive teammate.
At Test level victory is secured by taking care of the small details better than your opposition and the Lions will have to be very precise to get the better of the Springboks.
Wigan had the greater composure and controlled the ball after that and Tomkins showed great strength to get the better of a couple of Wakefield defenders to crash over and make the game safe.
But the lesson from recent experience in America and Britain seems to be this: if you want to get the better of your unions, it helps to be on your knees from the start.
Soderling's disappointing movement and shot selection meant he was only rarely likely to get the better of Federer from the baseline, so it was fortunate for the 24-year-old that he found some rhythm on serve and was able to level at 1-1.
Jelavic tried to get the better of Mulgrew again as the pair went one-on-one at a Rangers attack and, though the Celtic man committed a foul on the edge of the box, referee Thomson produced a yellow card, not judging the offence the denial of a clear goalscoring opportunity.
At home you are competing only against your opponent with nothing or very little at stake but at a major tournament you are competing against your nerves, pressure and a highly skilled opponent which has made many a gamer let the whole event get the better of him or her.
Sitting on the side of the bathtub to get a better view of the cabinet, he spots an unfamiliar shampoo, called Breakthru.
The left would get more money to spend and the right would get the satisfaction of better tax policy.
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Fund managers expect the general market to shift back into emerging market equities at some point before the end of the year, once the fear trade subsides and investors get a better sense of where the growth is.
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Much of the research into ageing aims to get a better understanding of the biological processes which trigger the steady deterioration in the cells that make up our bodies.
Back on the stretch of freshly paved road, the team's ironmonger wiped his sweaty palms on his thick leather apron, then retrieved a lunch box from the bullock-cart piled with welding gear and scrambled up the slope to get a better view of the proceedings.
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