In democracies the underlying principle of the regulation of interest groups is that it enhances democracy.
Despite a steady increase in Euroscepticism in France, the underlying principle of free movement of people across the EU remains broadly undisputed.
The underlying principle of nuclear deterrence became known as "mutual assured destruction" — meaning that Washington and Moscow each knew it could destroy the other even if the other struck first.
I asked Akram to explain the Palestinian turn toward violence: after all, the underlying principle of the entire peace process was an agreement to retire the gun and the bomb as tools of negotiation.
He saw the job of helping the government determine who was eligible for benefits as a respectable and important position, and wants to make it clear that he has no ideological dispute with the underlying principle of assessing people.
Yet it sullies the underlying principle of the refugee convention: that anyone fleeing in fear for their life be taken in on that basis, not pending a whip-round.
Lin Hsiu-Wei's "Life of Mandala" derives from the Buddhist belief that continuing and unceasing life is both the underlying principle of nature and the essence of artistic creation.
MELVIN H. KIRSCHNER Granada Hills, Calif., April 7, 2011 The writer is the author of the book "All Medicines Are Poison!" To the Editor: The underlying principle of contemporary medicine is that it is an empirical science.
This idea is the underlying principle of the SS algorithm.
The underlying principle of medieval medicine was the balancing of so-called four humours.
The real problem, though, is the underlying principle of the law.
