Where is its base of power?
The home of the governor and his base of power alternated each year.
This "favor bank" mentality is the root of another informal base of power: alliances.
The base of power in the league will shift from Can ada to here.
No Israel!" demonstrators shouted in Sadr City, the Baghdad district that is Mr. Sadr's base of power.
On December 7 the Taliban surrendered Kandahār, the militia's base of power and the last city under its control.
The Republicans are betting that the strategy will help preserve their only base of power in state government.
Chatichai maintained a base of power in the 1990s, however, by forming the Chart Pattana Party, a major opposition party.
"His base of power is that he's feared, he's respected and he's very, very good at what he does.
That they were young and active gave Samuel a base of power that was physical as well as moral.
Mr. Coronel, 56, was a veteran drug trafficker with an important base of power in western Mexico.
