Nevertheless, in the early communities a simple but vigorous society developed on the basis of Indian labour and the horses, cattle, and sheep imported by the Spaniards, as well as native products such as corn (maize) and potatoes.
The 12-page report recommends that the government realign its research priorities "to strengthen industrial competitiveness, invigorate the economy, [and] promote a high quality of life and a vigorous society".
We can all contribute to a healthier, more vigorous society, and a world where cancer is considered a preventable illness.
But one of the main ways to foster such an awareness in Western societies, a vigorous civil society, is lacking in China.
All that's needed to take these ideas forward is a combination of vigorous civil society activism together with courageous government leadership.
The country's long tradition of top-down government is also being challenged by an increasingly vigorous civil society as individuals and groups insist on being heard.
China, of course, has not only become a vigorous market society, with the world's largest population, but also an economic behemoth, holding more than $1 trillion in United States debt.
Government may properly include religious institutions among the variety of private, nonprofit groups that receive tax exemptions, for each group contributes to the diversity of association, viewpoint, and enterprise essential to a vigorous, pluralistic society.
Domestically, since Iran has a fractured regime, a political system with real if limited elements of democracy, and a vigorous civil society, there's a chance of making the next election better than this last one.
But America will continue working with you to promote a vigorous civil society and to ensure that democracy, human rights and civil liberties are protected by the rule of law".
Rather than insist on the elements of democracy that make it meaningful — a free press, a vigorous civil society, the rule of law, a fair and transparent process for counting ballots — they close their eyes to electoral travesty.
