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The mere prospect of a deal seems to be forcing both sides to buck up their business, though.

Thornton shook his head and sat down on the snow next to Buck.

It happened again. It was as though the broom was trying to buck him off.

But Spitz was always showing his teeth to Buck. And Buck knew that if he and Spitz fought, one of them would die.

Somebody's always trying to buck the system.

He was always talking to Buck, holding his head and shaking it lovingly.

The scene often came back to Buck to trouble him in his sleep. So that was the way.

It's no use trying to buck the system.

Then Francois went up to where Sol- leks stood and called to Buck. Buck laughed, as dogs laugh, yet kept his distance.

If she hopes to keep her job, she'll have to Buck her ideas up a bit.

In all societies, however authoritarian they may be, there are always some people who will try to buck the system.

Mr. Bush's leadership is needed to buck up the weak Palestinian leader by providing tangible benefits for West Bank Palestinians.

Running a gallery or an auction house would be a licence to print money, were it possible to buck the economy.

His horse began to buck , but he managed to stay on .

Adds Liu Jixing, a retired physicist, without fundamental changes, we won't be able to buck the trend of academic corruption.

The distribution that dared to buck the trends and go with it's very own desktop that everyone said would fail.

Bucking straps and spurs can cause the bull to buck beyond his capability and his legs or back can be broken.

In his speech, Mr. Obama called on African leaders to buck the continent's long track record of poor governance and human rights abuses.

STOCKMARKETS are slumping and banking is troubled, but a Japanese firm hopes to buck both trends.

Then Thornton was on the snow next to Buck again, talking to him, and Buck had Thornton's hand in his teeth.

In Europe only Spain seems to buck the trend, rising from 37% in 2002 to 51% .

Since the 1960s a number of pressure groups have tried to persuade us to buck our biological legacy.

China is expected to buck global trends and announce today a substantial drop in monthly consumer price inflation.

One or two companies have managed to buck the trend of the recession.

He'll have to buck up, if he wants to catch that train.

Contemptuous of rules and regulations, he created a climate that made it hard for someone like Heinen to buck his wishes.

It is necessary to buck out any selfpotential existing across the potential electrodes.

He admired her willingness to buck the system .

Thornton held on to Buck, and Hans and Pete pulled the rope as hard as they could.

of Japan were the two major automakers to buck the declining trend, posting sales increases of 11 percent and 4 percent, respectively.

Chinese cars still have a poor reputation, but the Roewe could prove to be the first car to buck the trend.

But while we are used to hearing about the many health benefits of being thin, IRS1 seemed to buck the trend.

Gordon: I'll have to buck up and do better next time.

We wanted to buck the trend and go beyond what's expected by today's business standards.

Its perfume business, meanwhile, managed to buck the trend with sales up 12%.

Don't try to buck the system.

New attempts to buck this trend come not just from an appreciation of Asia's promise.

One night Pike stole half a fish from Spitz, and ate it standing next to Buck.

If Nigeriais to buck the trend, law enforcement itself, not just people on the street, will need cleaning up.

Now it came to Buck, leading the others, sounding the wolf-cry, chasing after the food that was alive.

Star says to Buck, "That's really infuriating. "

If the Bank of Japan doesn't want to buck the currency markets, why would I want to try?

"The euro has a long way to go in attempting to buck the current downtrend, " Heighway said.

The history of the 1990s showed time and again that it is pointless to buck the market.

As upstarts, they can be more willing to buck the conventional view.

He was friendly to Buck at first, always smiling.

My friend tried to buck me up after I lost the contest.

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