Where governments reflect the preferences and beliefs of most citizens, democratically or otherwise, and where those preferences call for cultural distinctness and non-western values, economic integration does not militate against diversity, least of all against religious diversity.

ECONOMIST: The hubris of the West

She gave her own televised tea-party response to Mr. Obama's 2011 State of the Union address, a moment that crystallized her distinctness from others in the Republican House caucus but also opened her to jokes on late-night TV.

WSJ: Michele Bachmann Won't Seek Re-Election in 2014

According to UNCTAD, the international community in 1971 recognized the existence of a category of countries whose distinctness lies not only in the profound poverty of their people, but also in the weakness of their economic, institutional and human resources.

UN: [21 Jul 2000] DEV/2253 : LAYING GROUNDWORK FOR THIRD UN CONFERENCE ON LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, PREPARATORY COMMITTEE TO MEET AT HEADQUARTERS, 24 - 28 JULY

She gave her own televised "tea-party response" to Mr. Obama's 2011 State of the Union address, a moment that crystallized her distinctness from other House Republicans but also opened her to jokes on late-night TV, because she gave the speech with her eyes cast away from the camera.

WSJ: Michele Bachmann Won't Seek Re-Election in 2014