Even though they cannot accept the concept of empire, the answer appears to be yes, to a point.

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The answer is held in the concept of SOC: social overhead capital.

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This, his aides say, means he cannot answer for the moment such niggling questions as whether he accepts the very concept of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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