Many still do, but farmers are increasingly thrown off their land by officials eager to find new sources of economic growth.
America's unionized workers, buffeted by layoffs and stagnating wages, face another phenomenon that is increasingly throwing them on the defensive: lockouts.
China is increasingly throwing its weight around Southeast Asia; countries there that want a U.S. counterbalance, even if they do not always dare say so, will become less confident.
And, as his shift toward unilateral executive action underscores, he's increasingly thrown up his hands at the possibility of finding any common ground with the GOP.
The "greenest government ever" pledge has been increasingly thrown back at the Conservative-Lib Dem coalition as disappointment has mounted in the environment movement.
Zardari and the P.P.P. seemed to have increasingly thrown in their lot with Musharraf, appointing allies of the president to key posts.
As North Korea flouts international demands to rid itself of nuclear weapons and China increasingly throws its weight around, a healthy U.S.-Japan alliance is the region's best hope for stability.
For centuries Europe's convents and monasteries have quietly provided inexpensive lodging to itinerants and in-the-know travelers, but now they're increasingly throwing open their iron-bound doors to overnight visitors.
Indeed over the past few months, as Obama has increasingly thrown political caution to the wind and taken aggressive positions on everything from immigration and the environment to opening up relations with Cuba and net neutrality, he's rallied his supporters and seemingly paid little political price.
With 15 minutes remaining Great Britain increasingly threw caution to the wind but still they could not conjure the goal that could have been basecamp for a late assault on the Iran goal.
