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Although their motives in this were originally to gain more power for themselves, the more idealistic Whigs gradually came to support an expansion of democracy for its own sake.
Although Confucian ideas prevail in these areas, few people outside of academia identify themselves as Confucian, and instead see Confucian ethics as a complementary guideline for other ideologies and beliefs, including democracy, Marxism, capitalism, Christianity, Islam and Buddhism.
Although " congregational rule " may seem to suggest that pure democracy reigns in congregational churches, this is seldom the case.
Although not described as a democracy by the founding fathers, the United States founders also shared a determination to root the American experiment in the principle of natural freedom and equality.
Although the city was technically a democracy of sorts, his power came from a vast patronage network along with his alliance to the new immigrants, the gente nuova ( new people ).
Although Zahir's " experiment in democracy " produced few lasting reforms, it permitted the growth of unofficial extremist parties on both the left and the right.
Although Dewey is known best for his publications concerning education, he also wrote about many other topics, including experience, nature, art, logic, inquiry, democracy, and ethics.
Although the new party called for representative democracy, rights for peasants and workers, and socialization of key industries, it failed to broaden Franco's political base.
Although Singapore's laws are inherited from British and British Indian laws, including many elements of English common law, the PAP has also consistently rejected liberal democratic values, which it typifies as Western and states that there should not be a ' one-size-fits-all ' solution to a democracy.
Although nominally a constitutional monarchy, Thailand was ruled by a series of military governments, most prominently led by Plaek Phibunsongkhram and Sarit Dhanarajata, interspersed with brief periods of democracy.
Although the city remained neutral in the conflict between Athens and Syracuse, its democracy was overthrown when the city was sacked by the Carthaginians in 406 BC.
Although she welcomed East German democracy, Thatcher worried that a rapid reunification might weaken Gorbachev, and favoured Soviet troops staying in East Germany as long as possible to act as a counterweight to a united Germany.
Although claiming to be still a supporter of social democracy, his economic policies led people on the left to identify him with neoliberalism and right-wing politics, terms that often carry a very negative connotation in Latin American political debate and academic circles.
Although the stereotyped equation of wealth with aristocracy may have applied early in Priene's history, in the 4th century BCE it was a democracy.
Although in the early years of his tenure Hu attempted to pioneer a form of " intraparty democracy " that called for greater participation from lower-ranked members to determine policy and select the leadership, there has been little evidence of meaningful changes to the party's governing structure and decision-making process.
Although some of the seminal work was done in the 1970s and 80s, it was only in 1990 that deliberative democracy began to attract substantial attention from political scientists.
Although political theorists took the lead in the study of deliberative democracy, political scientists have in recent years begun to investigate its processes.
Although in the US and Europe, it currently tends to be associated with right-wing parties, the central tenet of populism that democracy should reflect the pure and undiluted will of the people, means it can sit easily with ideologies of both right and left.
Although minority groups had participated actively in Georgia's return to democracy, they were underrepresented in the results of the October 1990 elections with only nine of 245 deputies being non-Georgians.
Although Meiklejohn died in 1964 his ideas are still informing the ongoing discussion about how the United States " experiment " in democracy is best understood.
Although democracy was not in sight, at least Hitler ’ s policies promised more work and equality for many workers and labourers, as well as further socialist reforms and political stability.
Although technically the term ' electoral fraud ' covers only those acts which are illegal, the term is sometimes used to describe acts which are legal but nevertheless considered morally unacceptable, outside the spirit of electoral laws, or in violation of the principles of democracy.
Although the revolution failed, it made a significant contribution to Korean modernization that resulted from the peasants ' demands for democracy, the expulsion of foreign influence and an end to feudalism.
Although the division became irrelevant following the establishment of a parliamentary democracy and political parties, industrialization and urbanization, it might be possible to claim that their traditions live on in the political parties of Sweden and Finland, in the sense that there are parties that have traditionally represented upper-class and business interests ( Moderate Party and Coalition Party ) and farmers ( the Centre Parties of Sweden and Finland ).

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Although a contraption at Stephansplatz in Hamburg is now thought to have predated them by two years, it has often been stated that the first traffic lights in Continental Europe were erected at Potsdamer Platz on 20 October 1924, in an attempt to control the sheer volume of traffic passing through.
Although SNL's use is perhaps the most widely known, it is predated by the "' John Garfield Still Dead ' syndrome ," which originated as a result of extensive coverage in the wake of the actor John Garfield's death and funeral in 1952.
Although Haley's " Shake, Rattle and Roll " never achieved the same level of historical importance as " Rock Around the Clock ", it actually predated it as the first major international rock and roll hit, although it did not attain the Number 1 position in the American charts, but became his first gold record.
Although his work predated the microscope, this led him to suggest that life came from invisible eggs.
Although on the " Zero Hour " radio show, Toguri called herself " Orphan Ann ," she quickly became identified with the moniker " Tokyo Rose ", a name that was coined by Allied soldiers and that predated her broadcasts.
Although Jevons predated the debate about ordinality or cardinality of utility, his mathematics required the use of cardinal utility functions.
Although the Pony Express is often credited with being the first fast mail line across the North American continent to the Pacific coast, it was preceded by the San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line, known as the " Jackass Mail " ( for the last 180 miles between Fort Yuma and San Diego accomplished on mule back instead of stagecoach ), which ran on a bi-monthly basis, 1500 miles between San Antonio, Texas and San Diego, California, from July 9, 1857 to December 1858 ; and by the Butterfield Overland Mail of George Chorpenning that predated the Pony Express by nearly three years.
Although it's usually assumed that his performance in this film predated his crafting of the Tramp persona, Chaplin had already appeared in more than 30 shorts as the Tramp by the time Tillie's Punctured Romance was released as the first full-length comedy feature on November 14, 1914.
Although Xerox claims to have designed the first such system, the machine by Murez predated anything on the market or that had been documented in any publication at the time-hence the patent was issued.
Although the moths are cryptically camouflaged and rest during the day in unexposed positions on trees, they are predated by birds hunting by sight.
Although not very popular in North America, another type of water heater developed in Europe predated the storage model.
Although the decision to spin off the company's technical equipment division predated her arrival, one of her first major responsibilities as chief executive was overseeing the separation of the unit into the standalone Agilent Technologies.
Although the Power Rangers had, in the continuity, predated Zordon, Zordon is generally credited with creating the first group of modern Power Rangers, as well as coining many of the phrases that are still used today.
Although the Bolsheviks dominated among the workers and soldiers and in their revolutionary soviets, they won less than a quarter of the popular vote in elections for the Constituent Assembly held soon after the October Revolution since they commanded much less support among the peasantry ( though the Constituent Assembly ballots predated the split between the Right SRs, who opposed the Bolsheviks, and the Left SRs, who were the Bolsheviks ' coalition partners, with the result that many peasant votes intended for the latter went to the former ).
Although the deal predated Smith's tenure as Chairman, he subsequently used the construction of the new Poletown factory, along with plants on a greenfield site in Lake Orion Michigan, and one in Wentzville, MO ( an identical twin to Orion ) to showcase the technology he felt would lead GM into a new era.
Although now nonexistent wooden residential towers, watchtowers, and pagodas predated it by centuries, the Songyue Pagoda built in 523 is the oldest extant pagoda in China ; its use of brick instead of wood had much to do with its endurance throughout the centuries.
Although many link CIFOR ’ s creation to the 1992 Earth Summit because it came into existence the following year, the discussions that led to founding CIFOR predated the Earth Summit by several years.
Although it has been claimed by much later followers of both soccer and American football, the club predated formal rules of any football variant.
Although numerous problems predated World War II, Newark was more hamstrung by a number of trends in the post-WWII era.
Although this suggestion predated the detailed analysis of many systems using DNA sequence data, it has been proven correct.

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