Sentence examples for Assuming power from inspiring English sources

Hitler fatally wounded its spirit after assuming power, in 1933.

Upon assuming power, the Socialist Party immediately withdrew Spanish troops from Iraq.

Since assuming power, though, he has reined in and angered many top military officials.

Immediately after assuming power in May 1999, President Olusegun Obasanjo visited the delta.

He returned to Liberia and began a guerrilla war in 1989, finally assuming power in 1997.

Since assuming power, Mugabe's avowed mission has been to efface Rhodes's legacy.

After assuming power in 1970, Allende's administration was faced with economic paralysis, inequality and civil strife.

SINCE assuming power in March, China's new rulers have prided themselves on their no-frills approach.

Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, has never given an interview or news conference since assuming power in 1989.

But should the court decide in Mr. Bush's favor, the campaign already has a plan for assuming power.

"Our economy is in intensive care," said George Papandreou, the prime minister, barely a week after assuming power in October.