America eventually eradicated extractive southern institutions and placed the South on a path toward economic convergence.

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Yet the dangers were for the most part ignored, or reckoned to be manageable through fiscal rules and the promise of economic convergence.

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Mind you, the convergence of economic and political trends that was such good news for Mr Clinton was something of a mixed blessing for America.

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Each industrial zone with duty-free facilities promoted economic liberty through the phenomenon of convergence.

CNN: Thai Inquiry

It was set up with convergence funding, which is the new European economic regeneration programme for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

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Tunisia demonstrated the transformative power that can be brought forth by the convergence of social media, mobile connections, satellite TV and an earnest desire to fundamentally change socio-economic-political situation.

UNESCO: World Press Freedom Day 2012