With a glittering, feathery bow in her hair from the Liberace collection, eighth-seeded Serena Williams dominated Court 18 at high noon with such powerful strokes that she all but left dimples in the strings of the helpless Yvette Basting.
The Reformists opposed the Modernist faction that had dominated court politics in Emperor Wu's reign and during the subsequent regency of Huo Guang (d. 68 BC).
The Fujiwara clan dominated court politics until the end of the 11th century through strategic marriages of Fujiwara daughters into the imperial family and the use of regencies.
Although Catherine had not yet taken Potemkin as a lover, it seems likely that she passively if not actively encouraged his flirtatious behaviour, including his regular practice of kissing her hand and declaring his love for her: without encouragement, Potemkin could have expected trouble from the Orlovs (Catherine's lover Grigory and his four brothers) who dominated court.
KAIA KANEPI A powerful Estonian, Kanepi plays with unbridled aggression, ripping ground strokes and dominating court position to smother opponents with an onslaught of blistering pace and depth.
Similarly, among events with two persons events with two counts are expected to dominate court workloads.
Lords benefited economically from their control of the manorial courts and dominating the courts made it easier to manipulate land ownership and rights in their own favour when land became in particularly short supply at the end of this period.
His body type served him well when he dominated basketball courts in Harlem and around the city a generation ago.
Catalan literature has its roots in the Occitan language and the poetic forms cultivated by the troubadours, who dominated the courts of southern France, northern Spain, and northern Italy from the 11th through the 13th century.
The high-handed manner in which Kiyomori and his kinsmen dominated the court, however, naturally provoked reaction.
But his new colleagues and their allies are different from the conservatives who dominated the Court during the Rehnquist years.
