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01. The island of Okinawa was [governed] by the U.S. for many years after the end of the Second World War.

02. Mexico was [governed] by the same political party throughout its entire history, until the election of Vicente Fox.

03. Prices are [governed] by supply and demand.

04. During the years that he [governed] the Philippines, Fernand Marcos robbed his people of millions of dollars.

05. Australians go to the polls today to elect a new federal [government].

06. Voltaire once observed that it is dangerous to be right when the [government] is wrong.

07. Charles de Gaulle once asked, "How can you [govern] a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?"

08. The theories of Albert Einstein launched an intellectual search for a single coherent law that [governs] the universe.

09. I. F. Stone once said that every [government] is run by liars, and nothing they say should be believed.

10. Colombians will go to the polls to elect a new [government] in September of next year.

11. Bertrand Russell once said, "Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have [governed] my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind."

12. There is a Chinese proverb which observes that it is easy to [govern] a kingdom, but difficult to rule one's family.

13. The United States' Declaration of Independence was enacted on July 4, 1776, but the British [government] refused to accept the document.

14. For most of history, people believed that the weather was [governed] by forces outside their control, but today, with global warming, we're no longer so sure.

15. The British [government] originally estimated that some 600,000 civilians would be killed, and a quarter of a million would be wounded in the first two months of the Second World War.

16. Every society has rules [governing] who is an eligible marriage partner.