41.   At a news conference Sunday, he said democracy will take time to develop.

42.   Bush said democracies would take root.

43.   Clinton said he understands that democracy takes many shapes and may take time to realize, but he said African leaders must give their people more freedom.

44.   Democracy takes many forms.

45.   Democracy is taking root, but there are powerful forces on the left and the right that hanker for authoritarian rule.

46.   Free-market economic reforms implemented across the region as democracy took hold were supposed to reduce corruption by making business and government more open.

47.   In the post-Cold War era, democracy has taken different meanings as more and more countries embrace the concept.

48.   Instead, Musharraf says he wants to implement a series of reforms that would ensure democracy takes root.

49.   It has been difficult for democracy to take root in the five former Soviet republics of Central Asia.

50.   Salim A. Salim, OAU secretary general, said in a welcoming address that Africa was going through turbulent times, but democracy was taking roots.