Yet even Mr Assad's keenest detractors worry that, should he fall, his powerful and well-armed Lebanese allies may panic.
There were ructions elsewhere too that February; Bulgaria's government fell, after powerful anti-austerity protests.
U.S. World commercial beehives declined 40 to 50percentt in 2012, with the suspicions of some beekeepers and researchers falling on powerful new pesticides incorporated into plants themselves.
The Invisible Dot, N1, Fri One of the great unsung heroes of the British comedy circuit, Paul Foot is fiercely cherished by those who fall under his powerful spell.
Praise the day when we may once again enjoy pure sporting stories about contests, uncontaminated by corruption, bureaucracy and the rise and fall of powerful and power-hungry individuals.
"It shows the government accepts the idea that not only are there state-owned enterprises that are too big and powerful to fall," Mr. Kroeber said, "there are also private enterprises that are too big and powerful to fall".
The agency also "monitored all patent requests concerning cryptography and had the legal power to classify any of those it deemed too powerful to fall into the public domain".
So on a recent fall evening, powerful spotlights crisscrossed the night sky to mark the opening of Mr. Fareri's latest project: Route 22, which is billed as Westchester's first "concept restaurant".
But even structures that dodge the tornado can fall victim to its powerful winds.
It was easy then to fall back on the powerful logic that it was either me or them, or worse yet, one of my fellow Marines.
Her father declared, "When the spirit catches you, you fall down," meaning a powerful spirit was locked inside her body, Mai Lee said.
