In this scenario, it would be in the best interest of the American to drive a hard bargain.

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So they are sure to drive a hard bargain with Fatah as efforts to create a national unity government get going.

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McLeish, who has also managed Motherwell, Hibernian and Rangers and the Scotland national side, has insisted he will continue to drive a hard bargain.

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Karren Brady, West Ham's managing director, is likely to try to drive a hard bargain, knowing ministers will be anxious to avoid the alternative of financing annual running costs.

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The government of Uzbekistan in particular is likely to "drive a fairly hard bargain" in negotiations with the U.S. over moving military cargo over its territory, said Frederick Starr, chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at Johns Hopkins University.

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