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If I went on I'd have some things to say, not just about the bad jokes he's done about me, but bad jokes he does about everybody who can't fight back because they aren't there.
Lincoln offered this famous evaluation of McClellan: " If he can't fight himself, he excels in making others ready to fight.
It marked the first time in 44 career fights that Fullmer had been knocked out, and when someone asked Robinson after the fight how far the left hook had travelled, Robinson replied: " I can't say.
Blacky pulls his son aside and tells him he can't wait any longer and that he will go above to fight as soon as everyone gotten drunk.
As long as they fight each other, they can't defeat the phantoms.
" At this point an enraged Patrick Hillery grabbed his microphone and famously replied, " If you want a fight you can have it ... You can have Boland, but you can't have Fianna Fáil.
In the morning, Cyclops and Wolverine stand victorious with the students all living, but Wolverine can't continue watching Cyclops use children as soldiers to fight these battles.
Although you can't hurt a person's astral form, if two or more users are both astral then they can do damage to each other ( As seen when Chow fought Jackie ) and the user's body is susceptible to all damage when the astral user returns to the body ( i. e. Hak Foo during his fight with Tohru ).
English-speakers can use the term " city hall " by metonymy to mean " municipal government " or government in general, as in the axiom " You can't fight city hall ".
In a 2004 interview, Millar outlined the difference between the Ultimates and the Avengers: " The idea behind The Avengers is that the Marvel Universe's biggest players all get together and fight all the biggest supervillains they can't defeat individually, whereas Ultimates 2 is an exploration of what happens when a bunch of ordinary people are turned into super-soldiers and being groomed to fight the real-life war on terror.
Secretary Wilson reportedly observed that the United States " can't afford to fight limited wars.
Devi then tells the painting she vows to fight it until the end by working as hard as she can until the painting dries up and she can't hear Sickness's voice any longer ; Devi, in a fit of rage, accidentally injures her hands, meaning she can no longer paint to fight Sickness.
"; " I can't fight it, I may as well prepare for it.
After a fight with the Demon Bear, he realizes he can't hurt the Bear and is badly beaten before being rescued by Ghost Rider.
Jack and Frank quarrel over Susie's departure and the increasingly embarrassing gigs Frank has been landing them, and they get into a fight, with Jack nearly breaking Frank's fingers in frustrated rage, then storming off saying he can't pretend anymore.
They also said named the Bowser boss battle for New Super Mario Bros. the tenth Bowser battle ever, because " Bowser Jr. has to help his dad fight Mario "; and thus " he can't do it himself and is basically helpless without his son.
Because of LaRocca's influence, Kallen can't find Shaw a fight anywhere in Ohio, so the two are forced to go on the road until Shaw makes a name for himself.
They can't even understand the meaning of death which causes many defeats early on but as they fight more they begin to avoid simple traps like arrows and poisoned spikes that the protagonists use.
Foggy can't fight alone against the lack of clients and the cascading of bills, and one day Matt returns to find an angry Foggy as the Nelson & Murdock premises are being closed for being unable to pay the rent.
Asked by Telemundo personnel to give a prediction about the first de la Hoya-Chávez meeting prior to the fight taking place, he simply answered " I can't make any predictions ", as referees are not allowed to do that before a fight ( doing so might indicate favoritism towards one of the combatants ).

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As I see it, if war starts and we survive the initial attack enough to be able to fight back, the nuclear weapons we now have -- at least the bombs -- can inflict all the demage that is necessary.
Noticing Russell's horse in front of the long log building, he assumed his friend had slipped inside and would be able to put up a good fight, so he began working his way down the ditch to join him.
`` What this amounts to, if true, is that there will be a free-for-all fight in this case.
Our endeavor to capture even a faint sense of how strenuous was the fight is muffled by our indifference to the very issue which in the Boston of 1848 seemed to be the central hope of its Christian survival, that of the literal, factual historicity of the miracles as reported in the Four Gospels.
You may be sure he marries her in the end and has a fine old knockdown fight with the brother, and that there are plenty of minor scraps along the way to ensure that you understand what the word Donnybrook means.
In the Riverside dugout Frankie Ricco, shortstop, whispered into Phil's ear: `` There's gonna be a fight ''.
He strikes enemies blind and deaf but when his own men fight they go berserk and cannot be harmed.
For the people of Israel " the day of the LORD " is the day when God will fight against their and his enemies, and it will be a day of victory for Israel.
There may also be a connection with the Roman god of war Mars, via hypothetical Proto-Indo-European * M ̥ rēs ; compare Ancient Greek μάρναμαι ( marnamai ), " to fight, to battle ", or Punjabi maarna ( to kill, to hit ).
The goddess held a lance whose gilt tip could be seen as a reflection by crews on ships rounding Cape Sounion, and a giant shield on the left side, decorated by Mys with images of the fight between the Centaurs and the Lapiths.
Specially-equipped IFVs have taken on some of the roles of light tanks ; they are used by reconnaissance organizations, and light IFVs are used by airborne units which must be able to fight without the heavy firepower of tanks.
Therefore, it is argued, people really concerned about the plight of the third world should actually be encouraging free trade, rather than attempting to fight it.
However, there is limited evidence that mistletoe's effects on the immune system help the body fight cancer .... At present, the use of mistletoe cannot be recommended outside the context of well-designed clinical trials.
The context of the fight over free trade was famine in Ireland, which Peel hoped might be remedied by importation of grain.
An intentional foul that causes injury that prevents a fight from continuing usually causes the boxer who committed it to be disqualified.
: When, after the action had thus occurred, his own men returned to each general, Scipio could adopt no fixed plan of proceeding, except that he should form his measures from the plans and undertakings of the enemy: and Hannibal, uncertain whether he should pursue the march he had commenced into Italy, or fight with the Roman army which had first presented itself, the arrival of ambassadors from the Boii, and of a petty prince called Magalus, diverted from an immediate engagement ; who, declaring that they would be the guides of his journey and the companions of his dangers, gave it as their opinion, that Italy ought to be attacked with the entire force of the war, his strength having been nowhere previously impaired.
Allison wanted the song to be named after Gerron to make up for a recent fight.
Though initially a source of pride, many blacks feared the use of African as an identity would be a hindrance to their fight for full citizenship in the US.
Why not see if they could be persuaded to keep Russia in the war by appealing to their latent Jewishness and giving them another reason to continue the fight?
Fox resumes the fight and kills Tsai before fleeing with the thief ( who is revealed to be Fox's protegée, Jen ).
The military also suffered several setbacks in its fight against the guerrillas, when several of its rural bases began to be overrun and a record number of soldiers and officers were taken prisoner by the FARC ( which since 1982 was attempting to implement a more " conventional " style of warfare, seeking to eventually defeat the military in the field ).
The city will be taken, the houses looted, and the women raped … Then the Lord will go forth and fight against those nations … Thus the Lord my God will come, and all the saints with you .” 14: 2-5 In Matthew, Jesus says, " The sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
After the prohibition, any citizen caught practicing capoeira, in a fight or for any other reason, would be arrested, tortured and often mutilated by the police.
His cyborg body was optimized for war and enabled him to fight on a superhuman level and withstand what would normally be considered fatal injuries.

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