Sentence examples for Reign of power from inspiring English sources

Putin's reign of power in 2000 began with six dead reporters and editors: a grim portent, looking back, of bad things to come".

The Power Broker by Robert Caro: No man has done more to shape what modern New York City looks like than Robert Moses, New York City's "master builder" whose reign of power started in 1924 and didn't end until the 1960s.

Thank goodness for Windows Azure, it;s brightest hope to continue its long reign of power.

Haole men who created massive sugar plantations wanted private land, so they could boost their reign of power in the region.

It was during Nobunaga's reign of power that the area finally received its modern name.

Thank GOD this country has appeared to side with reason and we can put the Bush administration's reign of power, greed, lawlessness and madness behind us".

To whom do we hand the reigns of power after Saddam Hussein? (Guardian Unlimited, February 2003).

Boston's ability to compete in an increasingly globalized market for urban economic development is directly connected to the state's willingness to loosen the reigns of power.

After having turned over the reigns of power to an acting president for six weeks, he resumed his duties and served as president until 1999.

By the same token as Boris Yeltsin, Russia's first president, Putin neither allowed promising politicians to develop into credible leaders prepared to take the reigns of power, nor did he consciously breed a successor of his choice.

"So much unnecessary attention around this conference had been directed toward a dispute that is unintentionally distracting from the real life-and-death issues we are confronted with as a country, a region, a continent and a world," said Mr. Mandela, who handed over the reigns of power to Mr. Mbeki one year ago.