The gun issue shows the split in the American polity between those who believe in individual rights and our Constitution, and those who are seduced by the theory of benevolent, omnipotent government.

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Dying in 1926, Gertrude Bell left behind a benevolent and effective Iraq government, functioning without institutionalized corruption and intent on equality and peace.

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The trial shows how hard it will be to rid Russia of the ethnic intolerance that has quietly grown in recent years under the blind, and occasionally benevolent, eye of its government.

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If Mr Gore presses that issue, and finds others that appeal, he may persuade Minnesotans to remember their native liberals: Hubert Humphrey, Walter Mondale and Eugene McCarthy, who helped to foster among many Minnesotans their once-deep belief that government was more benevolent than meddlesome.

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Even if one posits, against all evidence of history, that some benevolent technocrats can be found to make government investment decisions without politicization, these investments would still fail.

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Farming unions and the HSE have targeted farmers previously, but Mr Bailey said NFU Cymru's latest campaign included organisations from across the Welsh farming industry, including the Farmers' Union of Wales, Wales Young Farmers' Club, the Welsh Government and the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution.

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It reinforces the government's narrative that China under the Communist Party is rapidly emerging as a benevolent regional actor just as the U.S. is struggling to retain the influence it has had in the Asia-Pacific since 1945.

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