Autocratically imposing public health measures rather than persuading people of their worth can easily backfire.

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Uzbekistan, an autocratically run and independent-minded country in Central Asia, is facing a mysterious Islamic insurgency.

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Except for the decade preceding the 1917 Revolution, Russia had always been ruled autocratically and administered bureaucratically.

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Russia had always been ruled autocratically and administered bureaucratically.

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