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Yet just as the Frauenkirche needs strong pillars to support its dome, a grand coalition needs disciplined parties to support the government.
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For now, in the rural clinics of Thailand, Cambodia and Burma, health workers are fighting to defend one of the pillars that support a global success story.
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Our correspondent says the kingdom's ageing monarch, King Abdullah, has reacted by releasing billions of dollars into the security and religious establishments, two of the pillars that support his ruling Al-Saud family.
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When President Bush announced his commitment to ending global terrorism, he understood, I understood, we all understood that it was critical to remove the pillars of support for the global terrorist movement.
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But it could also lead to Musharraf's ousting, because most independent analysts here believe that the two pillars of Musharraf's support for the last nine years - the Pakistani army and the United States of America - simply could not back the president were he to do that.
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The twin pillars of that policy -- support for pro-American regimes that share U.S. security interests and the pursuit of Israeli-Arab peace -- are now on shaky ground.
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Respect for American ideals and the competence of our military forces should be the pillars for our foreign policy, which should support constitutional democracies and defend them against the predations of Mr. Chavez, the Castro brothers, Mr. Ortega and Mr. Morales.
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Its pillars include efforts to deepen security partnerships in the region, support democratic reforms in places such as Myanmar, and expand engagement especially with countries in the Lower Mekong region.
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The second reason his statements in support of a demilitarized Palestinian state are not credible is because one of the central pillars of the Obama administration's Palestinian policy is its involvement in training of the Fatah-led Palestinian army.
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Yet just as the Frauenkirche needs strong pillars to hold up its dome, a grand coalition needs disciplined parties to support the government.
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