So even as Nigeria lurches toward presidential elections in February -- without the emergence yet of any figure capable of unifying this country of 108 million people split along ethnic, religious and regional lines -- gasoline shortages represent a potentially explosive problem.
Mr. Foot, a Socialist and a founder of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, was elected Labour's leader in 1980, defeating the right-wing Labourite Denis Healey by presenting himself as the sole candidate capable of unifying the party.
A former two-term governor, Mr. Pawlenty is relatively unknown outside Minnesota, but he argues that he is the Republican in the race with the widest appeal, capable of unifying Tea Party supporters, establishment Republicans and evangelical conservatives.
The surge of the young Florida senator in the final days of campaigning reflected a belief among voters that he is the most electable candidate, and the one most capable of unifying a deeply divided party.
Its leader, Charles Maurras, formulated the doctrine of integral nationalism, which sought a restoration of the monarchy because this was considered the only institution capable of unifying strife-torn French society.
Bolsonaro and Haddad are trailed by a trio of candidates – Ciro Gomes, Geraldo Alckmin and Marina Silva – who present themselves as sensible centrists capable of unifying a profoundly divided Brazil.
It comes 12 days after the death of Étienne Tshisekedi, a veteran politician whom analysts say was the only figure capable of unifying the DRC's fragmented opposition to the continued rule of President Joseph Kabila.
Since this is directly relevant to the question of whether the candidates are capable of unifying the country — or even trying to do so at all — it should perhaps be acknowledged by observers interested in that question.
Comparisons with the experimental results pertinent to four different adhesive bonded joints reveal that this new correlating parameter is capable of unifying the fatigue growth rates by eliminating the effect of mean loads.
Compared to the existing approach, the proposed framework provided a more reasonable agreement with experimental observations on fatigue life and a more reliable mathematical description of fatigue failure, and was also capable of unifying both LAS and Time Sweep fatigue tests.
