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Iraqi political leaders have decided to reject a plan to write a new constitution in the coming months, saying they will propose instead that they immediately assume the powers of a provisional government.

BAGHDAD, Iraq, Nov. 12 — Iraqi political leaders have decided to reject a plan to write a new constitution in the coming months, saying they will propose instead that they immediately assume the powers of a provisional government.

In Baghdad, Iraqi political leaders in the 24-member Iraqi Governing Council said that they had decided to reject any plan to write a new constitution in the coming months, saying they will propose instead that they immediately assume the powers of a provisional government.

When Wilson suffered a stroke that partially paralyzed him in 1919, Marshall steadfastly refused to assume the powers of the presidency without written requests from first lady Edith Wilson and the president's doctor and a congressional resolution, fearing that he would be accused of "longing for [Wilson's] place".

On that day, the leader of the legislature, Juan Guaidó, declared himself acting president and said he would assume the powers of the executive branch from there onwards.

There was a great deal of confusion on the plane and in Washington about a very basic constitutional issue: When did the vice president assume the powers of the presidency?

In film a camera can assume the power of an emotional X-ray machine when it has a subject as eminently explorable as Ms. Mirren's face.

Almond also applauded Ruck's performance, going so far as saying he deserved the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award of 1986: "His performance is what elevates the film, allows it to assume the power of a modern parable".

Elizabeth Olson (NYT) SLOVAKIA: PRESIDENT'S POWERS TRANSFERRED Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda and the Parliament speaker, Jozef Migas, have assumed the powers of President Rudolf Schuster, 66, who remains hospitalized in Austria after emergency abdominal surgery.

In June 1341, Andronikos III died suddenly, and a power struggle developed between Kantakouzenos, who initially assumed the powers of regency over Andronikos's underage son John V Palaiologos, and a powerful faction around the Patriarch John XIV Kalekas, the Empress-dowager Anna of Savoy and Alexios Apokaukos on the other.

As he took the oath of office, George W. Bush not only assumed the powers of the presidency but also became the titular head of the nation.