Some on the far left have written off Obama because he has not transformed the United States of America into the socialist paradise that they crave.

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In the process, they do not have to give up preserving paradise, but focus as well on creating economic opportunity for the emerging working and middle class majority.

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But the path to the paradise of that achievement is not easier than any other.

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But Strauss warned that the Waca wicket in Perth is not likely to be a bowler's paradise as Anderson looks to add to his eight wickets in the series so far.

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Medieval Europe's map makers did not suppose that they knew the exact co-ordinates of Paradise, but they wanted to show that it was indeed on Earth, as holy writ and the church declared.

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With so much to play for, it is not surprising that the grey market has become a lawyer's paradise.

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Unlike some of his peers elsewhere, he does not seem to see a new constitution as the road to earthly paradise, nor has he said he wants a second term before starting his first.

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"Part of the investment that Russia has made is not only what the world will see in Russia, but also they're building a winter paradise that they hope to showcase through the Olympic broadcast and attract tourism in the future, " says 2010 Vancouver champion Bill Demong, who competed at a Nordic combined skiing test event in Sochi last weekend.

CNN: February 8, 2013 -- Updated 1159 GMT (1959 HKT)