But this emulation of all things New York City should not detract from the serious creativity that has taken root here.

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Despite social-mania, or maybe because of it, the transformation has taken root.

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But we are fighting, in the most literal sense, to safeguard democracy in those countries of Western Europe and overseas where it has taken root.

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This idea has taken root fastest in black and Hispanic churches.

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One idea that has taken root is the use of a token the size of a key fob that generates a random six-digit password every 60 seconds.

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Far from being claustrophobic, it is a place where happiness has taken root and bloomed: a placid Parisian apartment, lined with bookshelves, and inhabited by Georges (Jean-Louis Trintignant) and his wife, Anne (Emmanuelle Riva).

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H5N1 remains an avian influenza and has not taken root in another species, such as pigs.

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But this same cancer has also taken root in the border region of Pakistan.

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But while the game is popular in Chile and Uruguay, it's in Argentina that it has really taken root, second only to football which envelopes the entire national psyche.

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That was then burned to either a DVD disc or a VCD disc, a CD format popular in Asia but which has never really taken root in the U.S. From there it was uploaded to the Internet, where it was promulgated.

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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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Unlike Apple, however, Google has long taken a friendly approach to those who hack its mobile devices, even allowing users and OEMs to root its devices with sanctioned methods.

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