Whether we like it or not, justice, peace and virtue will sooner or later prevail in the world with the will of Almighty God.

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As this arrangement implies, there are big similarities between the precedent-based systems of law that prevail in the Anglophone world, and a wide difference between them and the civil-law tradition of continental Europe.

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He also led the development of military technology that helped the United States prevail in World War II.

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Bush said the war on terror was "unlike any we have fought before, " but said the sacrifices Americans made to defeat Japan and Germany in World War II, and to prevail in the Cold War, are akin to what is needed now.

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The folks of modern real-life Mason City do appear to share that belief themselves - the American certainty that the old-fashioned virtues of the New World will somehow prevail in a crisis.

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In the end, we believe the multi-platform world will prevail.

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As Russia and the other countries of the former Soviet Union move their economies away from the inefficient autarky of the Soviet era towards a more efficient integration with the world economy, considerations of trade and investment will prevail over other forces.

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David Vikturek, who runs The Music Man heritage centre in Mason City, believes that the traditional Iowan virtues of neighbourliness, thrift and hard work will somehow help America prevail, even in a world where its economic problems are complex and deep-seated.

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World Cup David Beckham saw red and England were put on the spot, leaving Gallic flair to prevail as Ronaldo's performance was shrouded in mystery.

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