Sentence examples for cusp of power from inspiring English sources

Speaker-elect Robert L. Livingston quit on the cusp of power as his past adulteries surfaced in the muck-raking spirit that lashed the Capitol.

The Freedom Party has risen to the cusp of power by calling for the expulsion of immigrants in language that deliberately echoes Nazi phraseology.

He has been saying this for years, but now he is on the cusp of power (as head of the House Ways and Means Committee, which deals with taxes and trade), people take him seriously.

That Mr. Peskin has stumbled on the cusp of power is frustrating San Francisco's clamorous left wing, which had hoped that, after 18 years under the moderate mayors Frank Jordan, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Newsom, the city might finally have an unquestionably progressive and politically savvy mayor.

LAHORE, Pakistan — Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, once a political exile deposed by the military, returned to the cusp of power on Saturday, taking a commanding lead in a parliamentary election in which Pakistanis braved Taliban intimidation to cast ballots with historic prospects for the country's democracy.

Or to put it another way, Greece will not be the last eurozone country where a party hostile to the tenets of the great European project will be seen as on the cusp of power.

The SNP is a separatist party on the cusp of national power, and is not afraid to say how it would use it.

Meanwhile, Ann Widdecombe was raising similar arguments, making the point that it is strange to be picking a fight with the party at this stage in the electoral cycle, when it is on the cusp of gaining power.

Ministers and their EU colleagues are on the cusp of a decision which could undermine our energy security, push up the cost of power and weaken efforts to tackle climate change.

Mr. Aristide was on the cusp of returning to power despite an election that has posed a quandary for international groups, which have expressed reservations about the legitimacy of the election and the fairness of the legislative election in May that gave Mr. Aristide's Lavalas party a near-majority in the Parliament.

Spurs captain Sol Campbell brought his team back into the match with 20 minutes remaining and on the cusp of stoppage time powered a header in the top left-hand corner, sparking jubilant scenes at White Hart Lane.