Since then, the Republican party's conservative base has consolidated its hold, driving moderate voices from the party and pushing centrist voters toward the Democrats.
Second set: Federer* 3-0 Nadal; Nadaleadsds by one set to love The Swiss consolidates, holding to 30 despite a stinging return from Nadal at 40-15.
However, since then proxy powers have consolidated their holds on most aspects of political life.
Since the war ended, Rajapaksa and his family have consolidated their hold on the machinery of government in Sri Lanka.
But in the east, the opposition appears to have consolidated its hold over a string of cities across nearly half of Libya's coast.
The impoverishment of Russia helped Abramovich consolidate his holding.
Some see the Gaza idea as an opportunity, others as a threat that would allow Mr Sharon to consolidate his hold on extra pieces of the West Bank.
The policies of Erik VII and the subsequent rulers of the Kalmar Union aimed to consolidate and hold together this rather disparate collection of territory.
But the chances are small that the Ethiopian army will conquer Eritrea, or even consolidate its hold over much of the country, where food and water are scarce.
Mr. Kim, not yet 30, seems to have deftly consolidated his hold on state power since his father's death in December.
Few old things have flourished in the cultural chaos of this century, but docs have steadily consolidated their hold on a small portion of the contemporary consciousness.
