For millions of secular Turks the army remains the sole guarantor of their freewheeling lifestyle.
Turkey's military has long seen itself as the guarantor of the country's secular constitution, analysts say.
NATO as the supposed guarantor of safety for all Kosovo's residents and a boost, paradoxically, for Serb nationalist propaganda.
Speaking afterwards, Mr Blair said the peace process was "best guarantor of an end to paramilitary activity".
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Some Americans at least now see it more as a political outfit than as Europe's nuclear guarantor.
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And a crucial guarantor of growth, they will as always argue, is the maintenance of social stability.
Because, for the Islamic Republic, nuclear acquisition has become a regime imperative and a key guarantor of regime stability.
But Germany has indicated that's highly unlikely - and as the fund's biggest guarantor, Germany calls the shots.
They see the armed forces as the guarantor of secularism and the last defence against the rise of fundamentalism.
Britain, still a guarantor power, is mistrusted by both sides, as is America.
Also manufacturing costs for MusclePharm would likely fall with Coca-Cola as payment guarantor.
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The boldest suggestion has come from Sheila Bair, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, a guarantor and supervisor.
But her father couldn't afford her tuition or find a suitable guarantor for a loan that a bank would require.
It is also said covertly but significantly that the U.S. is too dumb and inept to play the role of security guarantor.
The plans have been backed by Staffordshire County Council, which has agreed to become the educational guarantor to the project.
Historically, the best guarantor of peace is democracy, since democracies do not use arms to wage war on each other.
On the other, they believe the generals have served as a last-ditch guarantor against the possibility of a fundamentalist takeover.
But part of the self-image of the junta in power until last year was as the guarantor of the country's integrity.
The constitution empowers the state as the guarantor of education, health care, food, social security, and water resources for its inhabitants.
It would act as final guarantor of its weaker, less disciplined partners.
For its part, the ruling al-Saud family is thought to rely heavily on the US as the ultimate guarantor of its security.
But if the world's guarantor of democracy fails to deal with the clanking from its electoral machine, those knowing smiles will disappear.
The Ecuadorian constitution empowers the state as the guarantor of education, health care, food, social security, and water resources for its inhabitants.
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But his image as paternalistic guarantor of stability, venerated by just the sort of people who have been protesting, has been tarnished.
On the contrary, open borders and competitive markets are a far better guarantor of energy security than the Stalinist model of yesteryear.
Polls suggest that most voters see him, and not the opposition leader, Mogens Lykketoft, as the best guarantor of their social system.
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Few firms would accept Enron's name as guarantor of a credit derivative.
In the rare case that the lender will call the loan, the guarantor may have to make payments on behalf of the ILIT.
They consider the law a guarantor of their civil rights and say it gives them the green light to fully participate in society.
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