The franchise model had fully taken hold.

Controlling the land, he also controls the vote.

Even after the Magna Carta was signed, Fitzwalter maintained his control of London.

Furthermore, it was using the time furnished by the ceasefire to strengthen its grip on Western Sahara.

As a result, Somalia's failure to pay its assessed contributions to the United Nations was due to conditions beyond its control.

Similarly, under the CWA, if a subject were found to have chemical weapons in their possession, the key elements of the offence would be their physical control of those weapons, and knowledge that the weapons were in their custody and control.

Apart from his complete control of domestic politics, Thaksin commands other prerequisites of regional leadership.

Entezami is a former Intelligence Ministry analyst who has been intent on controlling the press from the very beginning...With , he s mostly trying to satisfy the wishes of the intelligence agencies and the Judiciary to gain more control of the media.

Upon reasserting political control in 2003, Chávez fired 40 of PDVSA s staff.

Having established full control of traditional media, the Kremlin is now moving full speed into the virtual world.

After a three year civil war, Muhammad Ali managed to consolidate his control over Egypt, and declared himself Khedive of the country.

Moreover, men, owing to their dominant situation, often influence women by making them sign over their proxy votes.

The Iranian regime then consolidated its mastery of the Shiite network in the Middle East, and now uses this control to further its own interests.

The PDP is still in firm control of the central and state legislatures, and has retained the majority of the state governorships.

A historical wave beyond his control had lifted the former KGB lieutenant colonel from out of the shadows to the pinnacle of power.

And what of the LDP? Having fallen from power, it will lose its control of the redistribution of government funds.

A regional presence corrupting local politicians, it soon expanded its territory and gained control of key positions in municipal and state security institutions.

The Party reasserted control over every aspect of justice through a core department the Communist Party Central Committee s Political and Legal Affairs Committee (PLAC).

To gain control of the rump Likud, Netanyahu had to move sharply to the right.

As Bush and his team responded to forces that were largely outside of his control, he set goals and objectives that balanced opportunities and constraints in a prudent manner.

medabdou The military regime in Mauritania insists on proving its stupidity despite being in control, its control of the people is based on a vulgar type of deception

True, Hitler s Nazis took over Germany almost as soon as they were voted into power, but the new European right are not Nazis.

Lee also must confront factors beyond his control, such as soaring oil prices and the global credit crunch.

He organised a fleet and was able to subdue the rebels, and in doing so brought the independent Jarls under his control, many of the rebels having fled to Iceland.

To help finance his communist movement in the 1930 s, Mao squeezed poor peasant families with any assets in the Red zone he controlled.

Moreover, Abbas (also known as Abu Mazen) succeeded in getting the dozen or so Palestinian security services and militias under his control.

However, another opposition activist at the end of the day confirmed the Army had captured the municipality building and were in control of 60 of the city.

The Committee concluded that the failure of Somalia to pay the minimum amount necessary to avoid the application of Article 19 was due to conditions beyond its control.

And, for a year, the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and other mini parties control Upper House, which can veto legislation.

He has intimidated the judiciary into ignoring institutional checks on his power, so that constitutionally independent agencies, such as the electoral commission and the central bank, are now under his direct control.

One third of the Guantánamo detainees are Yemeni, but Yemen cannot guarantee the United States that the detainees will be controlled effectively if they are returned home.

The project was still being considered by Hitler until 1942, when British forces eventually wrestled control of Madagascar away from Vichy France, putting a definite end to the plan.

I would also like to take this opportunity to convey the regret of your brother, Mamdi Condé, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Guinea, who could not be here owing to reasons beyond his control.

The Committee concluded that the failure of Iraq to pay the minimum amount necessary to avoid the application of Article 19 was due to conditions beyond its control.

If German banks drop out of the refinancing business, the European Central Bank will lose the direct control over the German economy that it used to have via its interest rate policy.

In order to exercise control over his geographical area, Indohaadde has his own militia, made up of men from his clan, and other militias from the same clan group, Hawiye.

In a wildly entertaining discussion with Richard Saul Wurman, architect Frank Gehry gives TEDsters his take on the power of failure, his recent buildings, and the all important Then what? factor.

But whether Putin is master of this system or its prisoner a tsar or a doge is something even he may not know.

It assumed and maintained power against the will of the people of Iraq over a period of 35 years.

And, as President Barack Obama has said, the Libyan people must not be deprived of full ownership of their struggle for freedom, and Qaddafi must not be given a useful foil and scapegoat.

Its control of Eastern Europe was always enforced on the basis of friendship treaties, and the Soviet invasions of Hungary in 1956 and Czechoslovakia in 1968 were fraternal missions.

The Kremlin s political battle to win control of Russia s energy sector has resulted in a dramatic reduction in the growth rate of domestic oil and gas production.

The Regime has no problem with continuing in the current situation, as long as the loyal coastal cities and the capital remain under its control, as every day its enemies turn into friends and allies.

The main interest of the businessmen and warlords in the opposition is to protect their unregulated commercial activities in their respective spheres of control and influence that generate profits for them.

There is a more mundane reason why many, even within the Party, think that a democratic transition has become inevitable the Party is simply losing control of the country.