1.   ...the entrenchment of democratic norms.

2.   But it falls short of Western democratic norms in some important respects.

3.   Change in Communist regimes is slow, but eventually democratic norms take hold.

4.   Embracing common liberal democratic norms and operating within interlocking multilateral institutions, the United States, Western Europe and later, Japan built an enduring postwar order.

5.   If you are going to fight terrorists and retain democratic norms, then the least you must do is punish the conspirators.

6.   In a report that was written in early November, Annan said that Haitian political leaders, whom he did not name, had violated democratic norms.

7.   Slowly and carefully, he introduced democratic norms, encouraged pluralism and debate, and gently nudged Jordan to the front of the Arab world in this process.

8.   Supporters of the present policy portray Chechnya as a distressing deviation from democratic norms, but not necessarily a permanent one.

9.   The commission said Scientology was among a group of cults that reject democratic norms and should be outlawed.

10.   The new presidential election must take place, as prescribed, and Russia must enter a new period in its history with dignity and in accordance with democratic norms.