1.   But they agree Gingrich is the man to help shepherd the country through this societal tidal wave.

2.   In Taiwan, Lee deserves great credit for skillfully shepherding his country to democracy.

3.   Persson has been shepherding the country through a period of retrenchment in which its extensive social services system is being pared.

4.   It has helped shepherd the country through economic storms andpotentially jarring structural changes.