It tends to be the very same Green Party which points out that the UK is not self-sufficient in food.

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But corals are not self-sufficient, say the authors of the report.

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Because also, NATO is a solution for those countries which are in, but NATO is not a solution for self-sufficient countries like Russia.

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But it takes actual smarts to understand that glibness and self-belief are not sufficient proof of genuine intelligence.

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Libya's rapidly growing population will need extra water for domestic use, but Colonel Qaddafi's ambition to make the country self-sufficient in food is not going to be practical.

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The computer has speeded things up a bit more, and indeed is making everyone self-sufficient in ways that Mr Alan may not have envisaged.

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This incidence also proves that it is obligatory for the Muslims to make their countries self-sufficient in war weapons and technology and should not depend on others.

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How can we love our country and not love our countrymen, and loving them, reach out a hand when they fall, heal them when they are sick, and provide opportunities to make them self-sufficient so they will be equal in fact and not just in theory?

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The self-sufficient great landowners had little interest in maintaining roads, protecting those who were not employees or generating prosperity for others.

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The youth of today and the adults of tomorrow simply have not been educated in the reality, the necessary skills and the knowledge they need to be competitive and self-sufficient.

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