Lady Thatcher, they explained afterwards, is sometimes prone to shoot from the hip.

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Faced with the absolute same decision, most men will shoot from the hip, relatively speaking, while most women will stand still and ask for more information.

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His tendency to shoot from the hip when discussing sensitive policy issues, such as the dollar or overseas aid, exasperated colleagues and officials, although it did make good copy for the press.

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Yet in the past Mr Aso, in a shoot-from-the-hip way, has echoed many of Mr Tamogami's right-wing views.

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In the past, Mr Aso, in a shoot-from-the-hip way, has echoed many of the same right-wing views.

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Before the headline-grabbing school prayer battle, which began as a shoot-from-the-hip challenge to her older son's Baltimore public junior high school, O'Hair had no assets of her own to speak of.

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An amiable Mr Estrada would respond with shoot-from-the-hip answers, or what he considered humorous quips.

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