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So now he has to “back up” his claim:

“I will take on all comers in making 35-foot tosses of the World-Herald to a Clayton porch. Any challenger whose paper lands closer to the doorstep than mine will receive a dilly bar. I’ve asked Dairy Queen to supply several for the contest, though I doubt that any will be needed. We will have a large stack of papers. Grab one. Fold it (no rubber bands). Take your best shot. Make my day.”

- Warren Buffett Taking On ‘All Comers’ In ‘Newspaper Tossing Challenge’, CNBC.com, February 25, 2017.

3. The argument for summits is that it is important to build personal trust between leaders so they can do deals with each other. Former foreign secretary David Miliband argues: “If you’ve got a personal relationship with someone, if you’ve been able to show that you’ve respected them, helped them, they’ll look to cut you some slack.”

But actually putting leaders together doesn't always make things better. Charles Powell, Margaret Thatcher’s foreign policy adviser, says that she hated summits, mainly because they were attended by foreigners. “They also spent a lot of time reaching compromises which she hated, or a form of words instead of substance, which she also hated. So really she was not a happy bunny at summits in any way. The only way she found to make them work for her was to be ‘battling Maggie takes on all comers’. She was asked: ‘What does it feel like to be isolated one against 11?’ to which she replied: ‘Sorry for the 11’.”