The 68-year-old Republican is known more for his bare-knuckle politics than his pugilistic skills.

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For someone with such a pugilistic public stance, Malaysia's fourth prime minister has an almost gentle private mien.

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Yet for all of his pugilistic greatness, Camacho lacked a compass.

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Piercing the bubble of corporate Hollywood isn't the most original endeavor, but Mamet's trademark pugilistic style makes this exercise in industry deflation feel new and invigorating.

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Mastro, who has peaked eyebrows and unruly white hair, is soft-spoken, but, even by the pugilistic standards of the New York bar, he has a reputation as a merciless litigator.

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The cleric said he asked "politely, " but the girl's angry reaction and some pugilistic double-teaming with her friend landed the holy man in the hospital, according to an account Monday in the semiofficial Mehr News Agency.

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Oye and Boe talked around the political genesis of songs such as "Peacetime Resistance, " but while he was reluctant to be perceived as a pugilistic Scandinavian bashing American leaders, Oye seemed pleased when I guessed that "Rule My World" was directed at the former president.

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Even so, and despite Mr Robinson's energy and pugilistic credentials, the contest is probably as much of a mismatch as that between Hartlepool and Mr Mandelson, whose campaigning skills, complete with the occasional modulation of accent, are as formidable locally as they have proved nationally.

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