The support base for this revolution was not the capital, Tbilisi, the traditional driver of Georgian politics, but villages and small towns, where family structures and individualism were stronger and Soviet rule was weaker.

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The rebels have the advantage outside the main population centres and may now control more than half the area where most Syrians live, in villages and small towns, mainly in the western third of the country.

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"Nowadays there are singers who perform in small towns and villages who use very erotic and sexy moves, " he said.

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And television advertising is beamed nationwide with a network of local drop-in centres fanning out across the country to introduce the Nano to small towns and villages.

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"Speaking as a secondary school principal I would be very concerned about the easy access to drugs in all the towns and small villages of Ireland at the moment, " she said.

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But the Chinese firms were chipping away in the smaller towns and villages, building direct-sales armies to work with small shops.

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