1.  Thirdly, ritualism, abandoning the goals but sticking rigidly to the legitimate means of achieving them.

2.  Yet there are many ways in which market failure can arise, and State aid in those circumstances can form a legitimate means of corrective intervention.

3.  Rather than those who regard threats of castration and being burnt at the stake as a legitimate means of encouraging suspects to help with their enquiries.

4.  And whimsy is probably as legitimate a means as any.

5.  Building coalitions is a legitimate means of participating in a representative democracy.

6.  But these Rasputins collect secrets and shame in order to extract respect that they would never get by legitimate means, and to manipulate power behind the scenes.

7.  Canadian officials have defended their practices as a legitimate means of generating economic growth and have claimed that the estimates of runaway production are overblown.

8.  Employers say the ruling will give them more leeway in firing employees as a legitimate means of cutting costs and increasing profits.

9.  He has left behind no legitimate means for choosing a successor, beyond party fiat and cabal.