With broad sentiment in favor of a Pittsburgh victory, I was wondering if the regional unity in Pennsylvania was as powerful as the national pull.

The centuries that could be looked back upon then, were in many ways defined by regional Nordic unity or at least highly intermingled developing patterns.

But already those blueprints are looking tattered, as political squabbles once again prevail over dreams of regional unity.

Later, at Mwanawasa's funeral, he said that Mwanawasa had contributed to "the restoration and strengthening of regional political unity and cohesion".

The two-day summit meeting on regional unity almost broke down during its final hours over Britain's refusal to allow the community to define domestic social policies.

The regional unity of the Wetterau was not primarily a political concept, but rather its result.

A lack of regional unity was a major problem in the past.

The grateful farmers gave him wives from each major clan and the respective firstborn sons were placed in charge of all clans, thereby also forging regional unity.

On the other hand, Russia is holding on tightly to its regional unity, which is something the international community has also given its clear support to.

The Russian leadership' s worry concerning their country' s regional unity is doubtless well-founded.