1.  According to sources, the report urges paramilitary groups to commit themselves to exclusively democratic means and to total disarmament.

2.  Stealth and persuasion were obviously required to achieve this change by democratic means.

3.  Rico, who headed a carapintada faction allegedly committed to gaining power by democratic means, publicly disowned the rebellion and described Seineldin as a traitor and coward.

4.  But how do you handle politicians who use democratic means to potentially fascist ends?

5.  Efforts by Bosnian Muslims to win back control of the town by democratic means have failed.

6.  He told the officials that the crisis would be resolved through democratic means.

7.  It is hard to imagine such a transformation being accomplished peaceably, through democratic means alone.

8.  Lebed, who has insisted he wants to gain office only through democratic means, denied the coup allegations.

9.  Pending loans and substantial investments from abroad depend upon a new government in Peru that seeks democratic ends by democratic means.