And, like the Court, Americans have tended to view the exercise of religion as a important and privileged variety of free expression in general.

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Of course, the Republicans are not entirely without blame, and the Democrats' antics have been part and parcel of a more general "coarsening of the culture" as the expression goes.

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This principle finds its clearest expression today in the work of the IAEA and its director general.

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It is heartfelt and sincere expression of disappointment which one should sympathise with, but it is not an accurate comment on a general trend.

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