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The lack of painting, and of sculpture that isn't heavy-handedly themed, may reasonably reflect the curators' choice of feminist over merely female sensibility.

In fact, this is a triumph of our political system, for what is politics but a way of enforcing ideological values over merely rational ones?

EVER since he was first elected in 1998, Hugo Chávez, Venezuela's leftist president, has preached the virtues of "participatory" over merely representative democracy.

Her MPs must now show themselves big enough to respect Commons reality – and not tear their party to bits over merely a trade deal.

He called it one of a few "big-ticket items" in the waste stream actually worthy of the debates we have over merely "symbolic targets" like disposable diapers.

Known as a "digital health expert," Derek Flanzraich is the founder of Greatist, a next-gen health-media startup that promotes healthy living over merely beefing up.

It has taken over not merely communal aspects of society, but the very essence of what it means to be human.

The appearance is very slick, but the tech is incredibly straightforward and, instead of being over thought, merely elegant.

Papering over chasms merely hides the truth.

The battle over Elian merely shows how far it has come.

The genes are not destroyed by crossing over, they merely change partners and march on.