As Labour's espousal of market economics has shown, stealing the other party's clothes can be a successful strategy.

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In Ireland, "her espousal of old, draconian militaristic policies prolonged the war and caused great suffering, " Mr. Adams added.

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And, in Ireland, "her espousal of old draconian militaristic policies prolonged the war and caused great suffering, " Mr. Adams said.

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Mutually incompatible, one might think, like the party's simultaneous espousal of bits of old communist dogma and moderate social democracy.

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Its emphasis on human rights and good governance not to mention its espousal of gay rights and smoking bans makes it sound more like a European government than an African one.

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When he came to power over a year ago, his espousal of the idea of two sovereign states living side by side in peace sounded grudging, to put it mildly.

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Both Utusan Malaysia and Berita Harian are linked to the ruling United Malays National Organization (as is TV3), and the departures of Johan and Nazri were widely seen as the result of the newspapers' espousal of a more independent editorial stance than the UMNO leadership was comfortable with.

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