Not content with that extraordinary achievement -- and not willing to trust in its permanence, Robert Krieble embarked on a heroic personal effort to consolidate freedom's victory by helping democracy and free enterprise take root throughout the former Soviet bloc.

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But neither statistics nor judicial evidence substantiate the theory that free trade is the root cause of the violence against women.

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For example, only the Free Democrats are championing the root-and-branch tax reform that Germany needs, but they would be part of the (numerically pitiful) opposition, if they make it into parliament at all.

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If the free wireless web is to take root anywhere, the most likely place will be in rural areas, which have less radio congestion and a more acute shortage of high-speed infrastructure.

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And I very much appreciate the efforts that President Mills has taken not only to ensure fair and free elections, but also to root out corruption, increase transparency, make sure that government is working for the people of Ghana and not just for the few.

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He is not a natural ally of Mr Mbeki, having been ousted from his job as premier of the Free State last year: he had been trying to root out corruption.

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Pachauri now jets around the world preaching a gospel in which carbon dioxide is the root of all evil, urging such measures as a global meat-free day each week (apparently, with ginger-marinated French-cut breast of chicken on the dinner menu, this wasn't one of them).

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