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Tunis and Cairo remain anxious cities. The thrill of empowerment from the toppling of hated dictators has largely passed. So has the relief that came from the abrupt end to weeks of sporadic revolutionary violence and from diminishing fears of a deeper descent into lawlessness. For the passionate core of revolutionaries in both capitals, which includes Islamists, secular liberals, trade unionists and many in-between, what persists is a determination to ensure lasting change, amid worries over the lingering hold of the ancien régime.