So Liberal Democrats must take the pounding of the electorate, ignore the many casualties in their ranks, and stand firm to their principles.
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Either way, an important ingredient of regional stability is for Japan to stand firm: to make it clear that it is not going to be pushed around.
"It's time to stand firm" and "to resist dangerous voices" calling for "retreat" and "to take the right course" not " the easy one".
And President Sarkozy I think has been very courageous in some of the decisions that he's made: his willingness to stand very firm in the need to deal with Afghanistan, and his encouragement of tough direct diplomacy with Iran.
Weiss says the suit is only to recover money for the company, and neither he nor his firm stand to make money from the case.
That made it safe for Republicans to stand firm in opposition and risky for Democrats from swing districts to support it.
However, BBC 5 Live commentator David Croft believes there is a possibility that the teams could stand firm and refuse to back the FIA's proposal.
Treasury ministers want to stand firm on the principle but be flexible on the practice - examining ideas to roll over unused tax relief from one year to the next or allowing tax free lifetime legacies.
Traders have been trying to stand firm on longs, even in the face of some troubling headlines, but hedging was certainly a necessary ingredient to the trade.
To see why it should stand firm, we need only return to the NBA. Though still a major force in professional sports, the league has somewhat lost its luster in recent years.
Most urban Australians, unlike their country cousins, expect the government to stand firm on water reform.
What it means to stand firm in defense against the principles against freedom and liberty.
Their back four and keeper will have to stand firm or they will get turned over.
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Unsurprisingly, American industry regards them as vital and is urging trade negotiators to stand firm.
Opener Chris Gayle was the one batsman to stand firm, finishing the day on 34 not out.
Both the U.S. and France are determined to stand firm as allies on this issue of terrorism.
He has also violated a first principle of American foreign policy, which is to stand firm by our friends.
Wales' wonder kids late on showed they have resilience and brass in equal measure to stand firm and hold on.
Protesters involved in an anti-road building campaign dubbed "the second Battle of Hastings" have vowed to stand firm amid fears they could be evicted.
Three years later, when Mr. Gorbachev peacefully allowed Eastern Europe to slide out of Soviet control, Ronald Reagan's earlier decision to stand firm was vindicated.
However, the domestic woes of India's corruption-tainted government left New Delhi no space for it to stand firm or consider how capitulation could embolden the adversary.
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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".
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After almost two years of concessions to the guerrillas, which have been met only with record levels of violence, the government has decided to stand firm on the issue.
In a statement, the town council said it had been "very patient" with the football club and had invested in improvements at the ground but had to stand firm in the interests of Llanelli council tax payers.
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Yet, ironically for a government that has often run into trouble with American officials for enforcing drug laws too weakly, Mexico continues to stand firm on peyote, preventing any harvesting or possession of the cactus on its side of the border.
France has shown great leadership on these issues, and as I indicated to President Hollande, when the United States and France, along with our other key allies, make up our minds to stand firm on the side of democracy and freedom and development, that enormous progress can be made.
David is always looking for new ways for his clients, and his own firm, to stand out from the crowd and attract attention.
We must take a stand on this use of SWAT against gun owners and veterans who have no violent crime history, and that stand needs to be a firm one.
To give a populist such as Mr Livingstone a mandate such as this is like giving Archimedes a firm place to stand: he will try to use it to lever the whole of British politics to the left perhaps even eventually to challenge Mr Blair's grip on the Labour Party.
The BBC understands that the board of the private equity firm asked him to stand down.
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