That action deprived potential opponents of alternative leaders around whom they could coalesce.
Speaking at a news conference before marching in the Columbus Day Parade, Mr. Cuomo and Mr. McCall both called Sunday's debate a "circus" that deprived potential voters a chance for a rigorous examination of either Mr. Pataki's or Mr. McCall's positions or record.
A marquee has been erected on the driveway of the United Nations to deprive potential snipers of a line of sight, as world leaders lever themselves out of their limousines.
Dynegy also permitted NRG to agree with Blackstone to not cooperate with any competing bidder, depriving other potential buyers of a possible capital source.
With the announcement, Ms. Palin proved once again her outsize ability to seize the political spotlight while simultaneously depriving her potential rivals of much-needed news media oxygen.
Part of this was due to Benjamin depriving his potential biographers of source material, but even Davis, in his two-volume war memoir, mentioned him only twice.
Thus, the loop in CI mimics a hyper-phosphorylated state, depriving a potential kinase activity of target sites.
He had charged that he was deprived of potential profits on the sales of the show's repeats.
