The reach of his power, and his willingness to use it, have been most striking in the recently concluded sessions of the Texas Legislature, which gave Mr. Perry a fairly long wish-list of conservative reforms.
It is not clear whether the renewed grand jury activity represents a concluding session or a prelude to an indictment.
Whoever gauged the tempo best in the concluding session would surely catch the eye of the judges.
With three frames remaining before lunch, there was the possibility that Selby would move level or even lead heading into this evening's concluding session.
Overall, the concluding session of yesterday's Embassy world championship final attracted an average of 4.9 million viewers and a 22% audience share between 7pm and 10.55pm.
Florence and Edward listened to that, and then, intolerably, the third item as well, the concluding session of an Islamic conference in Baghdad.
"We've spent a lot of time on it," Selig said after speaking to general managers in the concluding session of their business meetings.
Selby held a commanding 7-1 overnight lead and improved on that healthy advantage to lead 12-4 ahead of the pair's concluding session yesterday afternoon.
His Scottish compatriot John Higgins, the triple world champion, will resume today 6-3 ahead of qualifier Stephen Lee for the concluding session of their first-round match.
Later in the evening, for the concluding session, an impressive 3.9 million tuned in to watch the drama unfold, with a 15.5 per cent share of the total viewing audience and a peak of 5.3 million: the highest audience since 2005 and a jump of nearly two million on last year's concluding session of the final.
At Tuesday's concluding session, India expressed strong support for the framework, saying it wanted to play an active role, but added that it needed more time to come on board fully.
