The Czechs, who hold the EU's rotating six-month presidency, also hope to tempt him to Prague.

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And suddenly, those who once avoided Calzaghe now form an orderly queue to tempt him to continue to fight.

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Asked if the text message was part of a scheme to tempt her to meet him, he said "absolutely not", adding the surprise was that he had brought his dog, Alan, to see her.

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And the approaching 2004 conference may tempt him to think that if he loses a referendum in 2002 he could have another go in 2005 or 2006, at which point joining could look both safe and inevitable.

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His compilation may tempt some listeners to agree with him.

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Rafique is a wily bowler, who is more likely to test a batsman's patience than tempt him into a big hit.

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What top executive would bet his company the way Tom Watson did IBM in the early 1950s on mainframe computers or the way Bill Gates bet Microsoft in the mid-1990s on Windows if he knew failure would tempt prosecutors, politicians and bureaucrats to destroy him?

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What top executive would bet his company the way Tom Watson did IBM (nyse: IBM - news - people ) in the early 1950s on mainframe computers, the way Bill Gates bet Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) in the mid-1990s on Windows, if he knew failure would tempt prosecutors, politicians and bureaucrats to destroy him?

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George Bush meanwhile has a further part to play, which consists mainly of not doing things that might tempt him.

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