1.   It is this lack of control which we have to think of when arguing on the merits of strengthening participatory democracy to achieve active citizenship.

2.   Another panel, on strengthening democracy, lists participants as unlikely as the crown prince of Bahrain and President Joseph Kabila of Congo.

3.   As Poland is learning from these cases, screening laws, which are designed to strengthen democracy, do not always do so.

4.   A Brazilian might understand that globalization has helped to strengthen democracy in Latin America.

5.   But any aid that helps Colombia and its neighbors achieve peace and strengthen democracy is money well spent.

6.   Clinton said they would face challenges around the globe, from international terrorism to ethnic and racial conflicts, from strengthening new democracies to expanding international trade.

7.   He is a civil libertarian by experience and inclination, believing that democracy in unions only strengthens democracy in society at large.

8.   The administration views this customs union as an important step toward locking Turkey into the West and strengthening Turkish democracy.

9.   The best known have paradoxically used their thrones to strengthen democracy.

10.   The changes, which the Parliament portrayed as strengthening democracy, require the direct popular election of the Yugoslav president and of the upper house of Parliament.