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traditional
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Nis, a traditional Socialist stronghold , had been site of the most egregious election-day fraud.
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As a result, Shas's power base and electoral support have been garnered from the traditional strongholds of the Likud.
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a rebel stronghold
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Kentucky is a traditional Democratic stronghold .
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Henry then withdrew to the relative safety of Richard's stronghold at Aixe.
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In the 1890s it declined in one of its strongholds, Kurunagala district.
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In the surrounding debris of apartment blocks more militia would be crouched, forming the outer defence ring of the beleaguered stronghold .
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Many of these protesters will be outside agitators, even convention delegates, from anti-abortion strongholds like Texas and Florida.
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The displays cover the growth and development of one of Britain's foremost medieval strongholds under its succession of powerful castellans.
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The Hohenstaufen castle of Trifels, one of Barbarossa's strongholds in the Rhineland.
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Willie Hague must have passed us on that peculiar whistlestop tour of Republican strongholds he made several months ago.