"We know that we all have to live up to the task and commitments we took to complete our monetary union, " Mr. Van Rompuy said.

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Whichever way the ball bounces, Jim Buss faces a Herculean task to live up to the showmanship and business sense of his father.

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To follow you at the Department of Defense will be a most challenging task, but I will try to live up to the standards that you, Bob Gates and others have set for this job and this nation.

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