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  • 'Civilizing' Russia and taking their oil and gas on the cheap is a great plan.

    Russia Blog 2009

  • Civilizing cyberwar also means paying closer attention to the digital warfare capabilities of rogue states like North Korea and Iran.

    Weapons Of Mass Disruption 2010

  • Welcome To The Civilizing Process by Ishmael1 on Tuesday, Jun 16, 2009 at 12: 19: 16 PM

    The American Empire Is Bankrupt 2009

  • This is the Civilizing War to make us one and whole again.

    Beth Arnold: Viva Revolution! 2008

  • I have called this a new American Revolution -- a Civilizing War -- in this blog, and I believe that's true.

    Beth Arnold: "Blue America" Blues 2008

  • Civilizing” the ruling classes was always a primary agenda of the state and the church apparatus was not the only the instrument available to pursue this goal.

    The Decline of Christian Institutions in india Shantanud 2008

  • Also, note to self -- think about how this relates to issues of "ethical consumption" raised in Landon Storrs, Civilizing Capitalism.

    Protecting Futures or Promoting Profits? « Knitting Clio 2008

  • But when the Nations became Road – Makers, and came downward slowly to the monstrous Deep of the Mighty Valley that did split the World, then were they come there by millions, and with power sufficient to fight against the Beasts; and afterward to grow back again to an ancient Civilizing; and so to the building of the great airships that were yet shown in the Great Museum of the Pyramid.

    The Night Land 2007

  • At a "'Lakeside Talk" on the Federal Reserve, it was clearly obvious that no one had read "The Civilizing of the United States" by John Machado, who has stated that, "when your government borrows money, it removes from the kitty the dollars that would have been available to businesses for start-up, growth, research, testing, innovation and invention."

    It's that time of year again: My Weird Weekend at the Bohemian Grove! 2006

  • Perhaps because of his professional bias as a historian, Professor Barraclough has no eye nor any use for the sociological implications of The Civilizing Process.

    Elias Defended Goudsblom, Johan 1983

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