It is true that there have been immense improvements in material conditions during the past century, but they are quite external and they leave man's fundamental nature no better than it was before.

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Many childcare organisations point out that the state is removing children from hazardous situations at home and then effectively placing them in worse situations or conditions that are no better than they had experienced before being taken into care.

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No one has said it better before or since than did Justice Lord Mummery.

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The government could please voters cheaply by making a serious stab at rooting out corruption and improving administration, but there is no reason to think it would succeed any better than before.

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Don't get me wrong, things are not perfect in Venezuela by any stretch, but no one can honestly deny that they are much better than before Hugo Chavez became president.

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The Italian had claimed before the game that United were no better than his side, even if he did concede that they will deserve their title when it arrives, and will feel that the win justified his comments.

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In the aftermath of the Battle of Seattle, no single objection to the WTO may stand out any better than it has before.

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Some bloggers on CNET said that since downloading the update they had a better 3G signal than before, while others said there was no difference.

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Any pro-life philanthropist wanting to save as many as possible of the world's unborn could do no better than to put his money into developing technologies that would allow sex selection before conception.

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