To the Republican base, Mr Ryan is the distilled essence of tea, a determined tax-cutter and state-shrinker.

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The idea is to recruit what is in essence a local security force, but with a broad enough base to ensure that the government is not merely supplying, training and arming existing militias.

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In essence, Manila is in a race against time to deepen its base of direct investment before portfolio investors find a new flavor of the month.

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In essence, NVIDIA is trying to open the doors to an even larger PC gaming base as costs are decreasing and current generation consoles are stagnating.

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