That suggestion drew a sharp response from Mr. Adams, who made clear that the I.R.A. could link its disarmament offer to the continuation of the home rule arrangements.
One reform-minded former deputy prime minister, Boris Nemtsov, says that Mr Kasyanov's appointment would mean "the continuation of the oligarchs' rule".
The second Ebla was a continuation of the first, ruled by a new royal dynasty.
It has made it difficult, over the years, for any government to operate effectively, as whichever party has happened to be the incumbent has constantly been distracted by skirmishing with its rival.Anti-graft purgeThis is one reason why the public so far seems to have accepted the continuation of emergency rule (although the fact that political activity has been banned also prevents protest).
Will the American and European left make the mistake of being so anxious to oppose Bush that they end up seeming to back Saddam Hussein, just as many of them seemed to prefer the continuation of the Taliban's rule in Afghanistan to the American intervention there?
To ensure the continuation of his rule, Mehmed VI was willing to cooperate with the Allies, who assumed control of the government.
Arguably, Colombia would be better served by the institutionalisation of his policies, rather than the continuation of his rule.
Political leaders resorted to the use of political parties and the media to mobilize millions of Nigerians against the continuation of British rule.
Millets were led by religious chiefs, who served as secular as well as religious leaders and thus had a substantial interest in the continuation of Ottoman rule.
A win by Mr. Kaczynski, a social conservative who is more skeptical about the European Union and adoption of the euro, would mean a continuation of the country's divided rule, with a three-fifths vote of Parliament needed to override presidential vetoes of legislation.
