Yet it was a British social scientist (and Labour Party politician), Michael Young, who forty years ago wrote a much debated book entitled The Rise of the Meritocracy .

As the victorious heir to the collapsed Cold War order, the United States stood alone, undisputed, at the peak of its global power.

Most people considered Peter to be the legitimate heir, but Brazil did not want him to unite Portugal and Brazil's thrones again.

Even if the first author, as the sole heir, would have been entitled to claim compensation for the stocks, he had failed to have his ownership title registered in the compensation proceedings before the expiry of the deadline on 30 June 1976, as prescribed by section 11, paragraph 1, of the 1975 Act to finalize the currency conversion.

Indeed, a potential heir today needs legitimacy, not only from the powerful oligarchs but also from the street.

Under the heir Emperor Charles V this union was declared independent of Germany and France, and then became part of Charles' new Spanish empire.

For a short period between 1500 and 1502, Eleanor's brother Manuel found himself childless, and Eleanor herself became the heir to the throne.

But it is only now, after the war, that successor justice is being aimed at refining and consolidating the message of delegitimation and regime change.

Indeed, the IST s close association with the US backed establishment of a successor regime is fraught with political pitfalls.

The origins of successor justice in the war means that the debate over its legitimacy overlaps with the broader schism over the intervention itself.

On the far right, Marine Le Pen s National Front, the political heir of French fascism, won 18 , the party s best result ever.

The problem boils down to overcoming possible resistance from both the elite and the public that could derail the handover or undermine the successor s authority.

As Congress retakes power, it is Rahul Gandhi, the 39 year old great grandson of the man who made that promise, who is the heir apparent to current Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

You are my only resort.

It is their only choice.

This is the only way out.

The Only Game in Town

You are the only one.

I had my only son die of cancer.

This is the only alternative.

It is their only choice.

I might be your only friend.

Sami is our only hope.

And Moscow is not the only example.

The only negotiation is war!

Single Parent Families

One way preferences

The book shaped dictionary is not going to be the only shape dictionaries come in. And it's not going to be the prototype for the shapes dictionaries come in.

Treatment The only reliable treatment and in many cases the only option available is to descend.

It's the future. It's the only way.

Fadil is not the only one.

I'm the one responsible for that.

The only exception is Greece.

Popular support does.

He was their only child.

The only exception is intended for Russian citizens.

The only question is where and when.

The only consideration is qualification and merit.

The UMP is the political heir of Gaullism, but its ideological inconsistency is legendary and reflected in party name changes every eight to ten years.

Dom Bertrand (who, according to the disputed claims of the Vassouras branch of the family, is first in the line of succession to the defunct Brazilian throne) has claimed proudly that supporters have been assembling spontaneously. People are tired with the republic, he insists.

He wasn't the only man who suffered in a pre civil rights America, and he certainly wasn't the only great orator of the day.

Am I the only one that sees this?

This was his one and only hope.

She lost her only son in the traffic accident.

The only good fascist is a dead fascist.