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Cut the tops back and allow 2 inches of stem to remain . In the current situation , the formal apparatus of government and its " police force " stand back and allow the various wings of the broader " national liberation movement " to come to the fore . For too many years , we sat back and allowed the hand of Goliath to sweep away more and more from our national table , leaving us with crumbs from the food we ourselves produced . The author stands back and allows events to produce their own effect , the moral is inherent in the behaviour of her characters .