They can have an individual belief that wittingly or unwittingly becomes a symbol for millions.

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Over time, millions of Western citizens could be wittingly or unwittingly holding Soviet paper in their bond portfolios and pension funds.

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Wittingly or unwittingly, that is what political leaders do all the time.

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They use the threat of injunctions to force firms that have breached their patents, wittingly or unwittingly, to pay big sums to keep their businesses going.

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More to the point, what does this kind of conduct say about those who do it and those who allow it to occur (either wittingly or unwittingly)?

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Azerbaijan and Georgia have both clearly been offended by Russian suggestions that they are wittingly or unwittingly giving the Chechen rebels support, and see it as an attempt to intimidate them.

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It is not unreasonable to expect that such feelings will be readily transferred to those who would wittingly or unwittingly help the "Butchers of Beijing" as they seek to consolidate their hold on power.

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It may also reveal the extent to which U.S. officials have, with their failure to comprehend the true nature of the threat we face, acted, either wittingly or unwittingly, in ways that have enabled it to metastasize further.

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One of the dirty secrets about Western trade with enemy states like Iran is that the Western companies trading with them may also wittingly or unwittingly serve as espionage assets for their home country or for other Western countries.

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