Fear that Georgia might slip back into chaos, and recognition of Mr Saakashvili's role in building a functioning state, have deterred most Georgians from backing the opposition.

ECONOMIST: Political turmoil in Georgia

"Many economies remain blind to the huge value of the diversity of animals, plants and other lifeforms and their role in healthy and functioning ecosystems, " said Achim Steiner, executive director of the UN Environment Programme (Unep).

BBC: Nature loss 'to damage economies'

We are now at a point where it is almost impossible to imagine a functioning capital market without an oversize role for government.

FORBES: The War For U.S. Capital Markets

It therefore has an important role to play in the development of a properly functioning democracy in Angola, they say.

BBC: Angola rebels back truce talks

Not only was he gifted at crafting bass lines and functioning as a timekeeper in the bass' traditional role, but he also possessed a sense of lyricism and melody that allowed him to make the bass a viable solo instrument.

NPR: Stanley Clarke: A Lyrical Bass Player

It highlights the important role that sports can play in the development of young people as functioning and contributing members of society.

FORBES: Obama Administration: Playing Sports Is Now A Civil Right

At best, the Obama administration's approach to U.S. domestic oil and gas production can be characterized as a strategy of ambivalence, an uneasy equilibrium between desire to lessen the role of fossil fuels and the reality of their necessity in a functioning U.S. economy.

WSJ: Nansen G. Saleri: Our Man-Made Energy Crisis

She described the functioning of self-regulation in The Guardian and in Britain, where the Media Council plays a significant role.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES