The spell was broken when Putin reasserted his grip on executive power.

He has lost all authority in Gaza, and has a tenuous hold over the West Bank.

George shook his fist at Newcastle and said You are a rascal I shall find you out!

Presumably, Putin hopes to whip up nationalist sentiment to strengthen his weakened hold on power at home.

In his brutal way, Assad may be right that only his iron grip keeps the country together.

So while some members may walk out, Sharon can easily hold on to control of the party.

We should aim high, for has it not been said that man's reach should exceed his grasp, for what else are heavens for?

He is, in this sense, a survivalist, who believes that he has no choice but to maintain his grip on power.

These resignations have sparked outrage from opposition bloggers who believe that the Kremlin is reneging on promises to loosen its grip on central power.

His account is symptomatic of the fears that many secular Turks harbour as Erdogan begins the inevitable process of strengthening control following the coup.

He shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it as the memorial portion, and burn it on the altar, on the offerings of Yahweh made by fire. It is a sin offering.

Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it, even a memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD it is a sin offering.

That is not too tall an order, and, in any case, as has been said, man's reach should exceed his grasp, for what else are heavens for?

But the SCAF side is applying a similar strategy strengthening its hold over the key power ministries.

He decided to stay in Baba Amr even after the Syrian army re captured the neighborhood after bombing it for three months.

Now the only change he wants to make is to the constitution, so that he can retain his hold on power.

He also exercises a total grip over the allocation of the DPJ s state subsidy to individual DPJ legislators.

Musharraf clamped down on some religious militants operating inside Pakistan and also on those fighting Indian forces in Kashmir.

Once again, a pro American autocrat seems to be rapidly losing his grip on power, with his US ally only half heartedly standing by him.

Yeah. And as I drive through a neighborhood, say, where people got a lotta, I'll take a mockingbird I caught in a neighborhood where folks ain't got nada and just let it go, you know.

From then on, Musharraf seems genuinely to have tried to clamp down on the Frankenstein s monster that he had sustained as an instrument of Pakistani policy.

But China s rulers only sometimes embrace the designation and the Party still sometimes behaves as if it had only a tenuous hold on power.

In the face of a cooling economy and in the midst of a leadership transition, the CCP seems to think that cracking down on the Internet is the best way to hold its grip on power.

He shall bring it to Aaron's sons, the priests and he shall take his handful of its fine flour, and of its oil, with all its frankincense and the priest shall burn its memorial on the altar, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.

And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD

If Zenawi consolidates his hold on power in the parliamentary elections due this May, the world should expect the stability that he has brought to take deeper root.

There is now also the beginning of a hard landing in emerging markets as the recession in advanced economies, falling commodity prices, and capital flight take their toll on growth.

This worked for some time, but an alleged attempt to involve the United States more openly in Pakistani politics weakened, rather than strengthened, his hold on power.

The fact that Russian President Vladimir Putin s likely successor, Dmitry Medvedev, is Chairman of Gazprom leaves little doubt about the Kremlin s determination to maintain an iron grip on the energy sector.

Indeed, keen observers of North Korea suggest that Kim Jong un ordered the missile launch as a way to strengthen his grip on power while he still has the experienced and ruthless Kim Kyong hui s backing.

One remembers Hitler, who, while his own party did not quite get 50 of the vote, could base his seizure of power on a parliamentary majority.

ABUJA Nigeria s legislative elections, to be followed by a presidential poll on April 16, indicate that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has lost its near total grip on the country s politics.

We realised that we could not weaken the power of God on earth , nor outpace Him by running away .

And we are certain that we cannot defeat Allah in the earth , nor can we run out of His grasp .

Indeed , we thought that we should never be able to frustrate God in the earth , neither be able to frustrate Him by flight .

And we known that we cannot frustrate Allah in the earth , nor can we frustrate Him by flight .

' And we think that we cannot escape ( from the punishment of ) Allah in the earth , nor can we escape ( from the punishment ) by flight .

We realized that we cannot defeat God on earth , and that we cannot escape Him by fleeing .

and that we thought that we will neither be able to frustrate Allah on earth , nor frustrate Him by flight

And we know that we cannot escape from Allah in the earth , nor can we escape by flight .

We know that we cannot frustrate Allah on the earth , nor can we frustrate Him by fleeing .

We know that we cannot frustrate Allah in the earth , nor can we frustrate Him by flight .

And we have become certain that we will never cause failure to Allah upon earth , nor can we escape Him by flight .

We knew that we could never challenge God whether we stayed on earth or fled elsewhere .

And that we know that we cannot escape Allah in the earth , nor can we escape Him by flight