And the overall issue of what the government should be doing undergirds the entire discussion.

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The ideal of humane efficiency, understood as social responsibility, undergirds all of Foster's work.

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The College undergirds the two-party system with its state-by-state, winner-take-all approach, which, in turn, helps preserve national unity.

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One of these realities is the energy system -- hydrocarbons in general, and oil and gas in particular -- that undergirds our modern way of life.

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Such is the conceit that undergirds not only the Supreme Court but also, by extension, the doctrine of the separation of powers upon which the American polity stands.

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Recognize what you have and the trust that undergirds it.

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She got elected in 2006 by campaigning as a reformer, pushing ethics legislation and railing against cozy ties between the state's political establishment and the oil industry that undergirds Alaska's economy.

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The challenge sounds arcane, but it could be one of those landmark cases that occasionally crop up and bolster the sanctity of the rule of law, which undergirds the U.S.' political and free-enterprise system.

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But given the upending of the UN framework it is not clear whether the deployment is legally based on the resolution or on a request for help from Mali, which is what undergirds the French military response.

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It also undergirds our federal system.

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