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But even in Europe's most socialised bastions , hospices tend to be privately or charitably funded, at least in part.

Third, Mr Sarkozy is ready to confront France's bastions of conservatism.

These places tend to be much more affordable than they would be in North America, but they are still bastions of luxury.

The new universities are real enough, though they remain middle-class bastions: very few of China's poorer citizens get a look-in.

Abbreviations may thus be one of the last bastions for language purists , leaving some people to wonder , will 'CCTV' be next ?

Today, the cosmetics, confections, and liquor industries are the last bastions of the format.

SIEMENS and Philips are bastions of European business that have been global since the 19th century.

Even in its finest bastions, Catholic England does not feel a place grown arrogant on a diet of unfettered power.

Seen as easier to defend than smaller bastions nearby, both forts had been hastily garrisoned early in the secession crisis.

America's suburbs used to be bastions of Republicanism.

The monument is called " the dam" , the monument clearly stamped with "to build military iron bastions, " the eight Chinese characters.

They are one of the last bastions for the ultra-cautious.

My prospects dissolved, and from these mirages emerged barriers, bastions I had never recognized.

During the entire fortress history, not a single shot was done from its bastions.

Yet some supposedly Friedmanite bastions went wobbly, with Britain scoring 43% and Friedman's own homeland, the United States, 56%.

The two bastions of control have always worked together but managed to keep their connection secret from mankind.

The last bastions of privilege are crumbling, announced the speaker.

These clubs are the last bastions of male privilege.

Many Asian countries remain bastions of protectionism in their agricultural and food markets.

Instead today, these bastions of luxury are swamped by hordes who have an abundance of money but lack class.

Meanwhile, in the former bastions of capitalism we have seen a stunning reversal of once firmly held principles.

Yet US boards remain bastions of resistance to the checks and balances on shareholder democracy.

Hxdying become workshop to the world, is China poised to storm the bastions of its high-technology industries?

Truly the gold standard for all far flung bastions of humanity, Easter Island defies easy explanation.

were Wall Street's last bastions of secrecy, mystery, exclusivity and privilege.

Many American prisons, those bastions of decorum, have imposed total bans.

By contemporary standards both are bastions of moderation.

Comrades! Are they really iron bastions?

According to rules of fortification arts, bastions were erected in corners.

For the past five years, in the bastions of civilized Europe, the far right has been resurgent.

With the former bastions of Japan's economy, such as cars and electronics, facing stiff competition from South Korea, China and elsewhere,