Not at all in laying fibreoptic to every corner of the land: rather in putting in alternative, presumably mobile, solutions to the gaps in the current network.

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And any thoughts of an upset disappeared on the stroke of the break as a swift Springbok passing move saw Montgomery go over in the corner and then land the conversion.

CNN: Montgomery inspires South Africans

By fostering a climate of determined optimism, both the American and Russian governments persuaded voters and sceptical legislators that the promised land of prosperity and reform was just round the corner.

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The roads are bumpy but negotiable, the markets are full of traders, the citizens of the land of liberty are swarming home from every refugee corner and every life of exile as if a silent migratory signal has been set off calling them back to their nests.

BBC: African view: Land of liberty?