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devolving

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of Devolve

Source: Webster's dictionary

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If man was devolving into a psychotic pit of rotted plasma, [Karl] Rove would be the Alpha of such grime. Larisa Alexandrovna

The checks and balances is a way to prevent government from either devolving into an autocratic tyranny or an autocratic mob mentality. Beau Willimon

All the companies I've worked for have this deep problem of devolving to something like the hunting and gathering cultures of 100,000 years ago. If businesses could find a way to invent 'agriculture,' we could put the world back together and all would prosper. Alan Kay

We must follow the principle of subsidiarity -- devolving authority to the lowest level of government which can handle the problem. Regions and provinces, cities and municipalities are tired of waiting for Imperial Manila to act on their problems. Francis Escudero

As soon as the national government can afford, a larger percentage of the Internal Revenue allotment should be given to local government units. It is presently 20%. By devolving added responsibilities, this could eventually go to 60%. This would speed up the development of the countryside. Francis Escudero

[U]ntil the colonial period Korea had one of the world's longest histories of centralized rule; that the ROK is about a quarter of Germany's size; and that the likelihood of Kim Jong Un devolving any of his power to mayors and governors is zero. Brian Reynolds Myers

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