If the House of Saud suddenly falls, as did the Shah, religious revolutionaries of many shades will clash for power and seize the country's massive stock of armaments.
Burchill has some good lines, including a swipe at Diane Abbott, with whom Phillips clashed, for "speaking power to truth in order to advance her career".
In effect, his mighty lust for power clashed with his mighty artistic inclinations and abilities.
In many ways, his victory is the latest and perhaps final clash in a battle for power and influence that has lasted decades between Mr. Khamenei and Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the former president who, while loyal to the Islamic form of government, wanted a more pragmatic approach to the economy, international relations and social conditions at home.
The clash of power is between Elizabeth, Queen of England (Harriett Walter and Mary Stuartt, Queen of Scotland (Janet McTeer).
With depressing inevitability, clashes have broken out between these myriad militias as they clamour for power.
With depressing inevitability, clashes have broken out between these myriad militias as they clamor for power.
Farouq got the sahwa label (the plural is sahwat) after clashing with Jabhat al-Nusra in areas where both vie for power.
Tuz Khurmato, the city where the clash occurred, is of mixed ethnicity, where Turkmens, Arabs and Kurds compete for power.
"People have gotten caught up in having power for power's sake," said J. Kenneth Blackwell, the Republican secretary of state, who has clashed bitterly with Householder and is investigating the consultants' dealings.
