In New Jersey, Democrats consolidated control of the New Jersey Legislature.
In Mohmand, the Taliban have speedily consolidated control in the last year.
Under Mr. Putin, the state has consolidated control over television, which airbrushes real news.
He spent about a month in a coma but miraculously survived, and then consolidated control over his band.
On April 5, four days before American forces consolidated control in Baghdad, a U-2 detected 30 Iraqi artillery pieces and 3 tanks north of the city.
They have since consolidated control over politics and security, fueling a sense of grievance among Arabs and Turkmens who have faced discrimination, threats and violence.
In Syria the group has all but consolidated control of the eastern provinces of Raqqa and Deir Ezzor, as it made advances against government forces in Raqqa and subdued most of the rebel forces in Deir Ezzor.
Eighteen months after taking office, the tall, phlegmatic son of the Communist aristocracy has swiftly consolidated control of the Party and the military, arresting thousands of officials in an anti-corruption campaign and promoting his personal brand of power.
In 2006, the Islamic Courts Union militia defeated a coalition of U.S.-backed secular warlords in the capital, Mogadishu, began implementing Shariah law there and subsequently consolidated control across most of Somalia.
Ownership of Curlin, the reigning Horse of the Year, remained divided after a judge's surprise ruling rejected a proposed sale that would have consolidated control of the horse under Jess Jackson.
