The Houston Pilots' 63 commissioned members form perhaps the only cohesive force in the sprawling port.

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"They were destroyed in the context of the conflict devastating Afghanistan and to undermine the power of culture as a cohesive force for the Afghan people, " said UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova in a statement Monday.

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Anwar's former political secretary Mohamad Ezam Noor, back from exile in Indonesia, has been trying to shape the reformasi movement into a cohesive political force - though whether the authorities will allow him to form a party remains to be seen.

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Evidently governments believe that if they kill the ability to communicate through the use of cellular radio systems then they will effectively stop many of the protestors from organizing themselves into a cohesive force and will keep people away from the scenes of civil disturbances.

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The Islamic militants in Pakistan are a fractious and mixed group, but recently have tried to organize into a cohesive militant force called the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, headed by Baitullah Mehsud, who is believed to be behind last year's assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

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At this juncture, one point seems unarguable: The military is the most cohesive and unified political force in Russia today.

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Moore's work in textiles was inspired by his aims as an artist after the second world war, particularly his belief, as a Socialist, that art could be a cohesive force in society, bringing together communities through creative public projects.

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